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Stamp Act 1765

Tax LawEvent1765

The Stamp Act of 1765 required American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they ...

Tea Act 1773

Tax LawEvent1773

The Tea Act of 1773 was passed by Parliament to bail out the British East India Company. The act gav...

Stamp Act 1765 Detail

Tax LawEvent1765

The Stamp Act required colonists to purchase stamped paper for legal documents, newspapers, and play...

Sugar Act 1764

Tax LawEvent1764

The Sugar Act of 1764, officially the American Revenue Act, was the first tax imposed on the America...

Townshend Acts

Tax LawEvent1767

The Townshend Acts of 1767 imposed duties on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea imported to the colo...

Coercive Acts 1774

Tax LawEvent1774

The Coercive Acts, called the Intolerable Acts by American colonists, were passed in response to the...

Tea Act Smuggling

Tax LawEvent1773

Before the Tea Act, colonists smuggled an estimated 5.6 million pounds of tea annually from Holland ...