1. TAX ACTS

2. NAVIGATION ACTS WHO: English Parliament and Colonists 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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