Colonial Taxes And Taxation-Rylee
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The molasses act/sugar act:
The colonists now had to pay import duties on foreign molasses, sugar,wine, and other commodities. More important, measures were adopted to prevent smuggling. 1733-1734.
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The Stamp Act:
This measure levied a direct tax on all newspapers printed in the colonies no on most commercial do legal documents used in businesses. It was realized that these two revenue cuts would provide less than half the money needed for the army. March 22, 1765.
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The Quartering Act:
Quartering act has a minimum of two acts of British parliament in the oval government of the American colonies top provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. It also meant colonists had to provide any food for British soldiers. May 3, 1765.
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The Tea Act:
The tea act of an act of the parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by financially troubled British east India company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. December 16, 1773.
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The Intolerable Act:
Four punitive measures of the American colonies enacted by British parliament in the spring of 1774 were the intolerable acts, also called the coercive Acts. The British government was responding to the rebellious behavior of the colonists who participated in the Boston area Party.
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Boston Tea Party:
The incident known as the Boston tea party occurred in December 1773 when a group of colonists rom Boston boarded ships owned by the British East British Company and threw chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The colonists were revolting against tea tax and the president efforts of Great Britain to legislate taxes without Colonial representation in the British parliament.
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