1. Sugar Act (1764)
• Taxes on molasses & sugar imported to colonies.
Stamp Act (1765).
• Taxed legal documents, newspapers and playing
cards.
• Samuel Adamsorganizes the Sons of Libertyto
protest the Stamp Act.
• Used boycotting and violence to frighten tax
collectors to quit their jobs.
2.
3. Member of the Virginia Assembly
1765 spoke treason against the English
Government.
He felt:
• Americans have the same rights as English people.
• Only the Assembly of Virginia has the right to tax the
people of Virginia because the people elect its
members to make the laws.
• Americans cannot elect any members to the English
Parliament, so Parliament does not have the right to
tax the colonists.
4. Colonies worked together to pressure
parliament to repeal the Stamp Act.
The boycott began to hurt British merchants
who were not selling goods.
British Parliament repealed the act in 1766.
Parliament passes the Declaratory Act
• Parliament had the power to make decisions for the
colonies.