UK/USA
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Stamp Act 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765 required American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they ...
Tea Act 1773
The Tea Act of 1773 was passed by Parliament to bail out the British East India Company. The act gav...
Stamp Act 1765 Detail
The Stamp Act required colonists to purchase stamped paper for legal documents, newspapers, and play...
Sugar Act 1764
The Sugar Act of 1764, officially the American Revenue Act, was the first tax imposed on the America...
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts of 1767 imposed duties on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea imported to the colo...
Coercive Acts 1774
The Coercive Acts, called the Intolerable Acts by American colonists, were passed in response to the...
Tea Act Smuggling
Before the Tea Act, colonists smuggled an estimated 5.6 million pounds of tea annually from Holland ...