Sugar Act
What year was the Sugar Act passed?
1764
What year was the Stamp Act passed?
1765
What did the Sugar Act tax?
Sugar
Molasses
Coffee
Tea
What did the Stamp Act tax?
Paper goods
newspapers
magazines
stamps
He had lots of debt to pay back
What did the colonists have to show in order to verify that the tax was paid?
British Stamp
Who did the Sugar Act effect the most? Why?
Colonists- they had to pay the tax
How did the Colonists feel about the Stamp Act?
They were very upset as they had to pay for something that was once free.
The Colonists were not rich people and most of them could not afford to pay a tax.
What did the Colonists do to show their feelings about the Sugar and Stamp Act?
They called a meeting with all of the leaders from the 13 Colonies.