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Sugar Act
The 1764 Sugar Act caused a 3-cent tax on sugar and other things that had sugar in it. This was initially created to protect the British trade and to mainly make the Americans repay the British because of the loss of money during the French and Indian War. The colonist did not like this idea of justice and they still smuggled goods. However, the government liked it because it brought in money for them and it protected the trade (Sugar Act). -
Currency Act
The 1764 Currency Act restrained colonist from printing their own money and spending it in all of the ways that they desired. This act helped control the colonial currency system and helped in people with overall debt. Although the colonist did not like this the government was quite glad that the act was in motion. The government now had control over the colonies' currencies and was also making a bit of money in the process (Currency Act). -
Stamp Act
The 1765 Stamp Act was created to have every printed paper paid for by the colonists. The main goal was to give money to military needs. The colonists did not like this idea and reacted against it by writing documents, debates, protesting and even harassing tax collectors.The government became afraid of the possibility of a rebellion of the colonist. Benjamin Franklin had said to the House of Commons that it would be best if they repeal the act, and so they did (Stamp Act). -
Townshed Act
The 1767 Townshed Act was created to collect money from the colonists by putting taxes on imports such as glass, paper, tea and certian paints. As one can imagine the colonists did not like this idea, so they would threaten the Colonial Legislation by not paying for tea and protesting. However, the government continued to tax items without the cononists concent. This led to the Boston Tea Party and the American Revoltuion. -
Tea Act
The 1773 Tea Act was created to help the East Indian Company, who in fact were low financially but had over a million pounds of unsold tea. By this time the colonists were not happy about all of the taxes and being controlled by the government, so they acted out by refusing to load the cargo ships with the unsold tea. The tea then got rotten and was a large waste of money. After this the government was in a large amount of debt and granted the company with a monopoly (Tea Act).
