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Taxes on most goods were placed to try to stop smuggling and support the production of British rum.
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Taxes on most goods were placed to try to stop smuggling and support the production of British rum.
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A law passed by the Parliament to pay a tax to Great Britain for many papers, documents, and newspapers made in the colonies.
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A law passed by the Parliament to pay a tax to Britain for many papers, documents, and newspapers made in the colonies.
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The American colonies were required to pay for the British troops’ supplies.
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The first move the colonies took against Britain to protest the Stamp Act.
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The British government revoked the Stamp Act, but they taxed the income in the Sugar and Stamp Act.
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The Parliament thought the colonies should help pay for Great Britain’s protection, so they taxed all goods that were imported to the colonies.
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The British government taxed imported tea.
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Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, protested the Tea Act by throwing hundreds of chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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A series of British laws passed created specifically to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
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Congress proposes to cease fire in exchange for the ending of the Intolerable Acts. George III declined this proposal and declared the colonies to be an open rebellion.
