Tea Act

The tea act was the final spark that ignited the fire of the revolution. The act was not intended to cause revenue but to help the East India Company. The tea was shipped to the colonies but the people refused because of the town shed duties that were still in place. The unloading of the tea was soon to lead to the Boston tea party.

Sugar Act

April, 5, 1764 was the day when Parliament issued a modified version of the sugar and molasses which was about to expire. This act means that the colonists have to pay six pence of tax for every gallon of foreign molasses. But because of corruption the they mostly evaded and undercut the intention of the tax. The sugar act cut the tax on molasses from 6 pence to 3 pence. Still, this means that more foreign items will be taxed on such as wine, coffee, pimiento, and later lumber and iron. Through all that happened this and the currency act will cause revolt at the imposition of the stamp act.

Stamp Act

On Feb, 6, 1765 General Grenville rose in parliament to offer 55 resolutions for his stamp bill. the bill was passed on Feb. 17th and was approved on March 8th. The stamp act was a serious attempt to place government authority into the colonies. Britain was in serious dept after to seven years war so the dept had grown from 72,289,673 to 129,586,789. the dept made the taxation so serious that major threat of revolt formed.