Sugar Act of 1764

Sugar Act of 1764 Quartering Act • The duty on imported sugar was lowered. This made imported molasses extremely cheap • Problem: Put black market colonial molasses producers out of business, because the imported was cheaper and they could not compete • Colonists were legally responsible to house and feed British Soldier when needed • Problem: British Soldiers saw the Colonists as lower people than they were and were often rude. It cost the colonists a lot of money to care for the soldiers. Many colonists did not even agree with having British protection. Stamp Act of 1765 • Imposed a tax on all printed goods. Paper had to have an ink stamp on it to prove that the tax was paid. The British claimed that it was to pay for protection of the colonies. • Problem: Newspapers were extremely important during colonial times to transmit ideas. Colonists were paying for the troops through the Quartering Act. Again many colonists did not agree with having British protection. Declaratory Acts Townshend Acts Tea Act • The law that stated the British government was able to make laws that effected the colonies “in all cases whatsoever” • Problem: The colonists had no representation in government • Laws that placed high taxes on popular goods such as tea and glass • Problem: These taxes were extremely high and the colonists had no say in the process of writing them • Allowed the British East India Company to import their tea duty free, therefore making it cheaper than tea that was being sold by the colonists • Problem: same as the Sugar act, it drove colonial businesses out of business Intolerable Acts • Laws written in response to the Boston Tea Party that Banned town meeting except 1 per year and suspended the Massachusetts Court • Problem: Stripped the colonists of what little say that they had in government and gave Britain the power to rule and judge colonists without any say of the colonists themselves. They weren’t able to plan or discuss any plans of possible rebellion.