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The Sugar Act cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, the Sugar Act also taxed multiple foreign products, including wine, coffee, and textiles. The colonists protested to this. The British government refused to listen and placed a three-penny duty upon foreign molasses. -
The passage of the Currency Act banned colonial paper currency, requiring the Sugar Act to be paid in gold and silver. The colonists reacted with protest. The British government refused to pay anything. -
The act is taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. The colonist argued that there should be "No Taxation without Representation". The government thought it was easier to repeal it then enforce it. -
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures passed by the British Parliament that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.Colonists organized boycotts of to pressure Parliament to repeal the act. The British responded to the protest by sending naval and military officials to Boston to enforce the Act. -
The tea act granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. The colonists reacted to this by condemning the act. The British government decided to impose even more stringent policies on the Massachusetts colony.