What were the sugar act and stamp acts?

Answer 1

In the sugar act the British lowered taxes on mollases to stop the English from boycotting.

In the stamp act, anything with printed stuff on it like cards, newspaper and others stuff, had to have a stamp on it show that you payed the tax for it, like the "paid for" sticker for Hanaford when you buy milk.

The townshend act lets the British colonists be able to go into your home and live there and you had to feed them and take care of them.

Im a little rusty on most of the acts because my 13 year old brain can't remember alot so I hoped it helped you alot!

Answer 2

The Stamp Act of 1765 was a law passed by the British Parliament that required the American colonists to pay for an official "stamp" on almost every piece of paper they used, from newspapers and pamphlets (pamphlets were one of the most important ways to spread news and opinion in those days), official documents such as wills and deeds, and even playing cards.

Parliament's Sugar Act of 1764 actually reduced the previous tax on molasses (the colonies' primary source of sugar and a necessary ingredient for manufacturing rum), but it added to the ability of customs officials to enforce the law, so that smuggling molasses into the colonies to avoid the tax as had been common, became both less profitable and more dangerous. The Sugar Act also required that certain products of the colonies, such as lumber, could only be exported to Britain; by restricting the market for these items, Britain made them less profitable for the colonies.

An important part of the Sugar Act was Parliament's statement that its purpose was to raise revenue from the colonies. It did not raise much concern at the time, but the passage of the Stamp Act just a year later did. The two acts were the first times Parliament had, without the approval of the colonial legislatures, imposed a tax on the colonies in order to raise revenue rather than as a means of regulating trade (as the previous tax on molasses had been). Many colonists believed that Parliament did not have the right to tax them since they could not elect representatives to Parliament. The slogan "No taxation without representation" expressed their views.