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political control over the colonies. In 1765, they first passed the Quartering Act which allowed soldiers to be put up in colonist’s homes at their expense, resulting in protests from the colonists. The Quartering Act took place in conjunction with the Stamp Act. The Townshend Act was then established in 1767, which furthered enraged the colonists and played a part in the start of the American Revolution. All of these acts had both positive and negative impacts on American history. The numerous…

By the 1756 due to the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War, taxes on English citizens had reached a near unbearable high, to lessen the pain on England, they began to tax the colonies.These taxes cause many hardships for the colonists and unintentionally planted the seeds for a revolution. The first of these notable taxes was the Sugar Act beginning in 1764 sugar, molasses, and many imports from outside of England were taxed. In 1733 an act called the Molasses act was passed…

The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. It gave taxes to all American Colonists and required them to pay tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The money they got from the taxes was used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier. Many colonist were angry and everybody started having commotions about it. “Hey! Have you heard about the new law that just passed?” Davis asked, as he was drinking coffee. “No, what does it do?”…

On March 22, 1765 colonists received the horrible news of the tax that needed to be payed to England. The Act was passed on February 17, 1765, but took about a month to reach the colonists. This is how the Stamp Act started. England believed that the colonists owed them for protecting them during the French and Indian war, so they made them pay a tax for all paper products. The colonists thought this was absurd and did not agree that they owed England because they believed that it was their duty…

of the Sugar Act. These new acts included the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act, and the Townshend Act each of these acts the colonist responded uniquely. With some acts there was protest such as harassing officials and in some there was complete boycotting of goods. In contrast some acts such, as the Declaratory Act was not protested at all. An additional law that was forced upon the colonist was proposed by George Greenville was the Stamp act. The Stamp Act passed on November 1, 1765 the…

program that would make colonist pay taxes. In that revenue program, the Stamp Act of 1765 was created. The Stamp Act extracted revenue from the colonies by requiring that paper used for official documents such as, newspapers, court documents, and even playing cards, were to be taxed. The Stamp Act also required that all official documents should provide a stamp, proving that the tax has been paid for. If there was no stamp on the paper, then that paper would be declared illegal and void. This…

colonial rebellion against British Parliament. Due to the lack of revenue generated from the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act was implemented into law, which led to the Declaratory Act, and later…

The Stamp Act, created by England’s parliament, was an act that taxed colonies on newspapers, pamphlets, licenses, and other paper products. The stamp was created to bear revenue stamps but the stamp created anger among many of the colonists. Colonists were justified in their refusal to accept the Stamp Act because the government taxed colonists without the correct representation. The Stamp Act was highly disliked because the English parliament taxed the colonies without the correct…

On April 5, 1764, British Parliament pass a new tax, which took place of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733). This act caused taxes on imports of sugar, coffee, and other goods entering the ports of the American colonies and was created and designed by England to raise funds to recover the French and Indian War damage. This meant that all colonial merchants were required to pay a tax of six percent of a total gallon to import foreign molasses. It started by, getting harder to load and unload cargo…

of law that aimed to heavily tax the thirteen American colonies. Four of these Acts were considered by the western colonist as legitimate, external taxes and accepted them even though it left them with a bitter taste. However, when it came to the Stamp Act of 1765, the Americans reached a crisis point that will not end until the American…