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Navigation Acts
The Navigation acts listed specific commodities that could be shipped only within the English empire.
The Navigation Act caused resentment in the colonies, and was a contributor to the American Revolution.
The Navigation Acts enriched Great Britain. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was parliamentary measures designed to increase Great Britain's profit from lucrative West Indian and North American sugar trade.
The colonists boycotted this Act.
Great Britain replaced the Sugar Act with the Revenue Act -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was parliamentary measures designed to increase Great Britain's profits from the lucrative West Indian and North American sugar trade.
The colonists boycotted the English imports.
The British got rid of the Sugar Act, and replaced it with the Revenue Act. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required revenue stamps be affixed to all printed documents in the American colonies.
The colonists boycotted English goods, and they harassed tax collectors.
Great Britain replaced this act with the Declaratory Act. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act passed after the repeal of the Stamp Act. It declared British authority to make and pass laws for the colonies.
The colonists found it insignificant, and didn't really care.
Great Britain thought they didn't need to make an act for it. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act were four measures enacted to raise revenue to pay salaries of British governors and other officials in the colonies. They taxed a variety of imports including glass, lead, paints, paper, silk, and tea.
The colonists protested the goods that were taxed.
Great Britain repealed most of the Townshend Acts.
