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Timeline of Revenue Acts
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proclamation of 1763
Description: The British government called a halt to westward expansion beyond the Appalachians.
Colonist reaction: They were mad because they settled in the land given by the British that was past the line so they protested.
Britain's government reaction: Made treaties with the indians to move the line further west. -
Sugar Act
Description: Britain wanted to increased profit from the colonies so they put a tariff on sugar, wine, coffee, and other items that were imported to the colonies
Colonist reaction: They boycotted English imports
Britain's government reaction: They repealed the sugar act and with the revenue act. -
Stamp Act
Description: Required that stamps be on all printed documents in the American colonies.
Colonists reaction: They boycotted English goods and they had riots and attacked tax collectors.
Britain's government reaction: They replaced it with the Declaratory act. -
Declaratory Act
Description: It declared Britain the authority to make/ pass laws in the Colonies.
Colonist reaction: They found it insignificant at the time. They really didn't do anything.
Britain's government reaction: They thought it was there right anyway and did not necessarily have to make an act for it. -
Townshend Act
Description: enacted to raise money for the governors and officials in the colonies and they taxed imports like glass, lead, paints, paper, silk, and tea.
Colonist reaction: They protested the goods that were taxed
Britain's government reaction: They repealed most of the Townshend acts in 1770.
