TAX ACTS. NAVIGATION ACTS WHO: English Parliament WHEN: 1651 WHERE: Colonies and England WHAT: Laws restricting Colonial trade WHY: Colonies were becoming.

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TAX ACTS

NAVIGATION ACTS WHO: English Parliament WHEN: 1651 WHERE: Colonies and England WHAT: Laws restricting Colonial trade WHY: Colonies were becoming and economic threat to England by trading with other countries EFFECT: Colonists started smuggling and trading illegally.

SUGAR ACT WHO: George Grenville, English Parliament, Colonists WHEN: 1764 WHERE: Colonies and England WHAT: Cut the duty of foreign molasses in half New duties on certain other imports Stronger smuggling consequences WHY: Suspected an increase in Colonial smuggling EFFECT: Increased disagreement with England on the method of taxing and governing the Colonies

STAMP ACT WHO: George Grenville, English Parliament, Colonists WHEN: 1765 WHERE: Colonies and England WHAT: Colonists had to purchase special paper for documents, licenses, newspaper, and more WHY: Pay for the debt from the French and Indian War EFFECT: Stamp Act Protests, Sons of Liberty formed

TOWNSHEND ACTS WHO: Charles Townshend, English Parliament, Colonists WHEN: 1767 WHERE: Colonies and England WHAT: Indirect tax on imports - glass, lead, paint, and paper 3¢ Tax on Tea WHY: New way to make money off the Colonies EFFECT: Rage and well organized resistance, such as boycotts

TEA ACT WHO: Lord Fredrick North, Colonists WHEN: 1773 WHERE: Colonies and England WHAT: Allowed British East India Co. to sell tea to Colonists FREE of tax WHY: Cut the Colonial companies out of the tea trade EFFECT: Boston Tea Party

INTOLERABLE ACTS WHO: King George III, English Parliament, Colonists WHEN: 1774 WHERE: Colonies and England WHAT: Shut down the Boston Harbor Gage appointed Governor of Massachusetts House British soldiers in homes and other buildings WHY: King’s reaction to the Boston Tea Party and refusal to pay for the damaged tea EFFECT: Assembled the First Continental Congress