The Sugar and Stamp Acts were passed through the years 1763 to 1765. Both were unwanted taxes placed on American Colonists to raise revenue. Because both were unwanted many acts of rebellion or simple discussions took place. The Sugar Act was passed in 1764 by George Grenville, Prime Minster, 1763-1765. This act placed a tax on all molasses and sugar and to regulate trade. The Sugar Act was passed to enforce the Molasses Act of 1733. The Molasses Act was a tax of only six pence per gallon or six cents. American’s who drank rum were eager to buy molasses from the French Caribbean islands, so they ignored the tax for several decades. Another reason the Sugar Act was passed on the American Colonists was to collect revenue and help England get
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The Stamp Act was also passed by Grenville to again gain revenue. For the obvious reasons, mentioned above, colonists were outraged and did not want to pay this tax. The Stamp Act placed on all official documents – newspapers, pamphlets, court documents, licenses, wills, ships’ cargo lists, etc. The Act also required an affixed stamp to show/prove the tax was paid. The Stamp Act affected nearly everyone, especially business and legal communities because of what was being taxed. In all colonies, a local stamp distributor would be hired with a salary of eight percent of the revenue …show more content…
found out about the Stamp Act in April 1765. This was seven months before the act was to take place, therefore had time to object. It was very unlikely for governors to challenge this law, most of them were owed their office to the king. In response, eight colonial assemblies had discussions based on the Stamp Act. This led to things like the Virginia Resolves, or resolutions that were debated and passed by the House of Burgesses. Other assemblies asked direct questions, but nothing had worked. After all, the colonists were considered British Subjects. Assemble discussions were only part of the “problems” followed by these imposed taxes. Groups like the “Sons of Liberty” and the “Daughters of Liberty” formed performing many acts of rebellion. On April 14, 1765, two to three thousand young men hung an effigy from a tree, marched around it, then beheaded it and burned it. Later on the Stamp and Sugar Acts fed into the American Revolution, untimely as everyone knows the Americans won and gained independence making them no longer a royal colony.
The Sugar and Stamp Acts led to the Townshend duties, British law that established new duties on tea, glass, led, paper, and painters’ colors imported into the colonies. Again this led to problems caused by the colonists, such as boycotts. The Townshend duties also heightened tensions between the American colonies and Britain. Massachusetts was the first
The Stamp Act was also passed by Grenville to again gain revenue. For the obvious reasons, mentioned above, colonists were outraged and did not want to pay this tax. The Stamp Act placed on all official documents – newspapers, pamphlets, court documents, licenses, wills, ships’ cargo lists, etc. The Act also required an affixed stamp to show/prove the tax was paid. The Stamp Act affected nearly everyone, especially business and legal communities because of what was being taxed. In all colonies, a local stamp distributor would be hired with a salary of eight percent of the revenue …show more content…
found out about the Stamp Act in April 1765. This was seven months before the act was to take place, therefore had time to object. It was very unlikely for governors to challenge this law, most of them were owed their office to the king. In response, eight colonial assemblies had discussions based on the Stamp Act. This led to things like the Virginia Resolves, or resolutions that were debated and passed by the House of Burgesses. Other assemblies asked direct questions, but nothing had worked. After all, the colonists were considered British Subjects. Assemble discussions were only part of the “problems” followed by these imposed taxes. Groups like the “Sons of Liberty” and the “Daughters of Liberty” formed performing many acts of rebellion. On April 14, 1765, two to three thousand young men hung an effigy from a tree, marched around it, then beheaded it and burned it. Later on the Stamp and Sugar Acts fed into the American Revolution, untimely as everyone knows the Americans won and gained independence making them no longer a royal colony.
The Sugar and Stamp Acts led to the Townshend duties, British law that established new duties on tea, glass, led, paper, and painters’ colors imported into the colonies. Again this led to problems caused by the colonists, such as boycotts. The Townshend duties also heightened tensions between the American colonies and Britain. Massachusetts was the first