Road to Revolution

Sugar Act Import tax on several products like molasses 1764 Import tax on several products like molasses (Import is the act of bringing things into a place)

Quartering Act 1764 To save money, the British government required colonist to give British soldiers a place to stay, food, and other supplies.

Stamp Act 1765 Required colonists to pay a tax on newspapers and documents written on paper.

Townsend Act 1767 Added more taxes on the colonists.

Repeal of Townsend Act 1770 Cancelled all of the taxes in the Townsend Act except for the tax on tea.

Tea Act 1773 Colonists were not buying tea to show the British government they wouldn’t pay their tax (this is called a boycott). As a result, the East India Company (EIC) who sold tea lost money. To help them the British government allowed (EIC) to ship tea directly to the colonies which allowed them to sell the tea cheaper. This made the colonists angry because they felt EIC was getting special treatment.

Boston Tea Party 1773 To teach the British a lesson over the tea act, the colonists dumped a ship load of tea in Boston Harbor.

Intolerable Acts 1773 In order to teach the colonists a lesson after the Boston Tea Party the British Government passed 4 new Acts. The colonists called them the Intolerable Acts. 1. Closed the port in Boston 2 & 3 took power away from the colonists 4. Strengthened the Quartering Act.