Stamp Act
When was the Stamp Act passed?
1765
When was the Sugar Act passed?
1764
When was the Townshed Act passed?
1764
When was the Intolerable Act passed?
1774
How much did the "Colonial Tax" amount to?
$500 billion
Why was it passed?
To help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the seven years of war
What did this act suppose to end?
Smuggling and trading sugar from the French and Dutch.
Who was the townshend act named after?
Charles Townshend
What is the Boston Port Act?
Forced to pay a fine for the tea thrown that goes into the river, from the boston tea party
Did people in the colony try to protest against taxes?
Yes
What did this act require colonists to pay taxes by?
A stamp
Did this affect/disrupt anything?
Yes!
The Boston and New England economics
Did the Townshend act lead to the Boston Tea Party?
Yes
What is the Massachusetts Government Act?
To give the royal people more appointed power
What were the four acts?
Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Townshend Act, and the Intolerable
What was this shown on?
Papers, documents, and playing cards
What did this act refrain people from?
Importing foreign rum
What did the Townshend act make people pay taxes on?
Glass, lead, paint, paper, tea
What is the Administration of Justice Act?
The British officals were charged will capitol offences
What was the first act?
The Sugar Act
What did the colonists have to pay taxes on?
Every printed paper they used: Newspaper, playing cards, dice, etc.
What order in line was it?
It was the first direct tax parliment forced onto the colonies
When was the Boston Tea Party?
1773
What is The Quarting Act?
The colonial governments had to start providing housing and other provisions
How many acts were passed?
Four acts