Timeline of Revenue Acts

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    The sugar act was enacted in 1764. it increased the cost of many imported items. The colonist protested the Act and some suggested united protest throughout the colonies, merchants started boycotting items that the act affected. the British repealed the Act the next year.
  • Sugar Acts

    Sugar Acts

    The sugar act was enacted in 1764. it increased the cost of many imported items. The colonist protested the Act and some suggested united protest throughout the colonies, merchants started boycotting items that the act affected. the British repealed the Act the next year.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    . The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonists to house British soldiers with them. The Quartering Act on its own did not provoke any substantial acts of resistance from the colonists.
  • Boston Port Bill

    Boston Port Bill

    closed the port of Boston and demanded that the city's residents pay for the nearly $1 million worth of tea dumped into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party. The colonists did not view the Boston Port Act as just Boston's problem. the colonists believed that all the colonies had to unite against taxation or they would lose their rights. The British government then imposed martial law.
  • Massachusetts Government Act

    Massachusetts Government Act

    gave a royally-appointed governor wide-ranging powers. the colonist opposed it and said they would not let it operate. The British Government eventually repealed the act.
  • Administration of Justice Act

    Administration of Justice Act

    the stated purpose of ensuring a fair trial for British officials who were charged with capital offenses while upholding the law or quelling protests in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. the colonist became very angry when this act was passed and it became known as one of the Intolerable Acts. eventually, the British government decided to repeal the act after they saw that all it did was anger the colonists.