Stamp act- The Stamp Act of 1765 was passed by the British Parliament which meant all Americans were required to pay tax on each individual piece of paper they used, such as legal documents, newspapers, license etc. The money that was collected by the tax collectors was used to help protect the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains.
The actual cost of the tax was evidently small but what made the law so cruel to colonist (Americans) was not the instant cost of the tax but the standard it seems to set among the colonist. The colonist viewed the colonial trade as a measurement to regulate commerce not to raise money. The Stamp Act was a direct attempt by England to raise money without getting approval from the colonial legislatures. …show more content…
Many colonist believed all they could do is grumble and buy the stamps until the “Virginia House of Burgesses adopted Patrick Henry's Stamp Act Resolves”. England announced to the Americans the reasoning that the English enforced the stamp act was because the English thought the Americans possessed the same rights as the English, especially the right to be taxed by their own representatives. http://www.history.org/History/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm
Sugar Act- the American Revenue Act of 1764 aka the Sugar Act. The Sugar Act was a law trying to stop the smuggling and molasses in the colonies by deducting the previous tax rate and invoking the collection of duties. The Sugar Act added a variety of products such as hides, skins and potash all the way to the list of enumerated commodities that is able to legally export the variety of goods under the Navigation Act.
The purpose of the Sugar Act was to stop the smuggling of illegal goods, protect British trade by implanting new trade restrictions following the establishment of The Navigation Act, and to pay for expenses of the French and Indian war. With these objectives in mind British’s main idea was to stop trade with every other country but Britain
The actual cost of the tax was evidently small but what made the law so cruel to colonist (Americans) was not the instant cost of the tax but the standard it seems to set among the colonist. The colonist viewed the colonial trade as a measurement to regulate commerce not to raise money. The Stamp Act was a direct attempt by England to raise money without getting approval from the colonial legislatures. …show more content…
Many colonist believed all they could do is grumble and buy the stamps until the “Virginia House of Burgesses adopted Patrick Henry's Stamp Act Resolves”. England announced to the Americans the reasoning that the English enforced the stamp act was because the English thought the Americans possessed the same rights as the English, especially the right to be taxed by their own representatives. http://www.history.org/History/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm
Sugar Act- the American Revenue Act of 1764 aka the Sugar Act. The Sugar Act was a law trying to stop the smuggling and molasses in the colonies by deducting the previous tax rate and invoking the collection of duties. The Sugar Act added a variety of products such as hides, skins and potash all the way to the list of enumerated commodities that is able to legally export the variety of goods under the Navigation Act.
The purpose of the Sugar Act was to stop the smuggling of illegal goods, protect British trade by implanting new trade restrictions following the establishment of The Navigation Act, and to pay for expenses of the French and Indian war. With these objectives in mind British’s main idea was to stop trade with every other country but Britain