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The Sugar Acts
The sugar act was an act passed to add taxes to sugar and molasses on the colonies. (Imported only) This would later cause controversy because multiple companies required these two items to create rum and other substances that were popular at the time. The British was fine enforcing this act. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act of taxation on the colonists that enforced taxes upon any form of printed paper they used. This act was only enforced in the colonies and NOT Britain! The British was fine enforcing this act. -
The Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was a taxation on imported British goods such as glass, lead, paper, and tea. These four acts were met with anger and outrage from the colonists causing some revolts afterwards. The British was fine enforcing this act. -
The Intolerable Acts (Boston Port)
The Boston Port act was an enforced act after the outrage and outcry of the colonists from throwing hundreds of pounds of tea into the Boston Port Bay (Boston Tea Party). This angered the British enforcing that they pay for the ruining tea themselves. -
The Intolerable Acts (Massachusetts Government Act)
The Massachusetts Government Act was a harsh act also enforced after the Boston Tea Party and rebellions of the colonists. This act removed a high power of autonomy and high-rule by the colonists for the colony of Massachusetts. This put it under the rule of Britain. The British was not too happy therefore they enforced this act. -
Sugar Act Citation
N/A, N. A. (n.d.). British acts that angered the American colonists. British Acts That Angered the American Colonists. Retrieved July 6, 2022, from https://www.studentsofhistory.com/stamp-sugar-intolerable-acts#:~:text=The%20Stamp%20Act%2C%20Sugar%20Act,molasses%20imported%20into%20the%20colonies. -
Massachusetts Government Act Citation
N/A, N. A. (2018, March 18). The Massachusetts Government act. Statutes and Stories. Retrieved July 6, 2022, from https://www.statutesandstories.com/blog_html/the-massachusetts-government-act/ -
Boston Port Act Citation
N/A, N. A. (2009, November 13). Parliament passes the Boston Port Act. History.com. Retrieved July 6, 2022, from https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/parliament-passes-the-boston-port-act#:~:text=On%20March%2025%2C%201774%2C%20British,Party%20of%20December%2016%2C%201773. -
The Townshend Act Citation
N/A, N. A. (2009, November 13). Parliament passes the Boston Port Act. History.com. Retrieved July 6, 2022, from https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/parliament-passes-the-boston-port-act#:~:text=On%20March%2025%2C%201774%2C%20British,Party%20of%20December%2016%2C%201773. -
The Stamp Act Citation
History.com Editors, N. A. (2009, November 9). Stamp act. History.com. Retrieved July 6, 2022, from https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act