The American Revolution was not caused by any one act of the British, instead it was a culmination of many things. ... The first tax to come was the sugar act. This placed a tax on non-British molasses. ... The Stamp Act of 1765 however, made the colonies very upset. ... The next such tax was the quartering act. ...
Many new laws were passed and introduced by the British into the colonies, such as the Sugar Act of 1764, the Stamp Act of 1765, the Quartering Act of 1767, the Townshend Act of 1767, and the Tea Act of 1770. ... The "Sugar Act" or "Revenue Act" was introduced by George Grenville and the act entailed three crucial steps. ... The second of these steps was to "secure British markets for British planters" by extending upon the "Molasses Act" of 1733 whereby the taxes upon harvests from the Sugar Colonies (Jamaica and Barbados) were to be halved and heavily enforced so as to raise revenue for the...
Many new laws were passed and introduced by the British into the colonies, such as the Sugar Act of 1764, the Stamp Act of 1765, the Quartering Act of 1767, the Townshend Act of 1767, and the Tea Act of 1770. ... The "Sugar Act" or "Revenue Act" was introduced by George Grenville and the act entailed three crucial steps. ... The second of these steps was to "secure British markets for British planters" by extending upon the "Molasses Act" of 1733 whereby the taxes upon harvests from the Sugar Colonies (Jamaica and Barbados) were to be halved and heavily enforced so as to raise revenue for the...
Going further back then many of the intolerable acts that England would try to enforce on the American people, such as the stamp act or the Townsheds act. ... Some of these acts include the Stamp Act, The Sugar and Currency Act and a few others. Looking at the Sugar act, which was created in 1763 by George Grenville who was appointed first minister, by King George III to solving England's debt crisis.# This act is the beginning of Britain's colonies, America to resist imperial control over them. The Sugar act reduced the sale of molasses to three pence per gallon and then it was furt...
In 1764, Britain passed a law known as the Currency Act, preventing the colonies to print and use their own money. These and several other laws including the Sugar Act which imposed a taxes on American commodities such as sugar, molasses, textiles, coffee and indigo, were passed to tighten the English reign on the colonies. ... The representatives sent a letter to England asking that the Stamp Act be repealed however, the British government denied it and instead, imposed more new taxes on the colonies such as the Townshend Act. ... The final result of the French and Indian War was the passage ...
