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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was passed to address the smuggling of sugar into colonies. Merchants increased the price of sugar and molasses to reduce debt from the French & Indian war. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp act was passed to get another go at the Sugar Act because it didn't make enough money they needed. The Stamp Act made it so any paper product with ink on it had to have a legal stamp. -
The Quarting Act
The act required colonial assemblies to provide housing, food and drink to British troops stationed in their towns with the purpose of improving living conditions and decreasing the cost to the king. Soldiers were to be housed in barracks or empty public buildings and not in private residences. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend act put a tax on imported goods into America. Glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea were also taxed. This also gained money to keep the British Soldiers in the colonies. -
Tea Act
The British started taxing Tea, and repealed the Townshend Act. The Tea Act only allowed tea to come from the East India Company. Local tea merchants had to be fired or closed because East India Company was about to go bankrupt. -
Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act was to close the port until the tea that had been destroyed at the Boston Tea Party and that payments were made to the East India Company paid for the lost tea and that payments were made to the king for the lost taxes. -
Massachusetts Government Act and Administration of Justice Act
Massachusetts Government Act and Administration of
Justice Act was designed to punish the inhabitants of Boston, Massachusetts for the incident that would become known as the Boston Tea Party. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act, included in the laws referred to as the Intolerable Acts, was not related to the punishment of Boston. It related to the expansion of the Province of Quebec and was seen as an additional threat to the liberty and expansion of the colonies.