Download (4)

Timeline of Revenue Acts

  • Molasses Act

    Molasses Act
    This was a taxation on molassas that came into England or even Passed England. This was enstated because England was mad at the American colonies for trading with France.
  • Currency Act

    Currency Act
    The currency act was a way tha Bitain could ban the colonist's paper currency. (1, Michael H.)
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    This was an act that meant tat the colonists had to let British soldgers into their home and let them "quarter" in their home while they suppressed the rebelious colonists. It was a way to intimadate the colonists and have control over them.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    Another example of Taxation Without Representation. The British were sending ships of tea that were being heavily taxed to the American colonies. The Colonies' retaliated by throwing the tea off the ships while dressed in native American costumes.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    Acts that stated that it was Britain's right to tax the colonies as they please. The Townshend Acts consisted on a series of measures that included a revenue tax on seventy two consumer goods (2, Michael H.)