British Taxes and Acts on the 13
Colonies (1764-1767)
Sugar Act (1764)
A tax on sugar coming into the colonies, during a time of colonial
economic problems.
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Quartering Act (1765)
Boston merchant protest with boycotts (refusal to buy sugar
from British suppliers)
More soldiers being sent to the colonies to enforce new taxes
Will be listed as a grievance (complaint) in the Declaration of
Independence
All printed materials (newspapers, bills of sale, etc.) must be on
stamped paper
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Townshend Acts
(1767)
Parliament reduced the tax but increased enforcement
Required colonists to housing and supplies to British soldiers
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Stamp Act (1765)
Colonists smuggled to avoid the taxes
“NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION”
Protested by the Sons of Liberty with violence and intimidation
Repealed in 1766
Reinforced Parliament’s right to tax the colonies
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Taxes on lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea
Sons of Liberty organized boycotts (again)
Britain sends MORE TROOPS
All but the tax on tea repealed in 1770
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Leads to the Boston Massacre