The Staple Act was passed in order to make profit from American trade. ... Another such act which restricted trade was the Navigation Act which made it illegal for the colonists to trade with the rest of Europe without going the Britain first (Steps Leading 40). These acts, as well as the Wool and Molasses Acts, took control of trade in America so that England could make as much profit as possible from the imports and exports. ... The Townshend Act put duties on tea, paper, lead and glass. ... Another such act was the Tea Act, which essentially gave the near bankrupt British East India Com...

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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. ...

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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...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

• Word Count: 1734
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The issue of English control in the American colonies was extended with mercantilist acts like the enumeration of staples and the Molasses act. ... After 1764, following the end of the colonial wars with France, England again tried to re-exert control over the colonies with the Revenue (Sugar) Act, 1764, the Colonial Currency Act, 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765 . ...

• Word Count: 1820
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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 ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The British government of the time favored a policy of mercantilism, although laws such as the Navigation Act were only loosely enforced to regulate commerce in the British interest. ... While the tax levied on sugar and molasses in 1764 was smaller than the one already on the books, the promise of "stringent enforcement" was not appreciated by the colonists. In 1765 the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which roused a violent colonial outcry. After much protest from leaders such as James Otis, Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry which included the threat of boycott and the refusal to imp...

• Word Count: 2128
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate