The document discusses three important acts passed by the British Parliament in the 1760s: the Sugar Act of 1764, which taxed molasses and sugar imported to the colonies; the Stamp Act of 1765, which taxed legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards in the colonies and led to protests organized by Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty; and the Declaratory Act of 1766, which asserted Parliament's power to make laws for the colonies after repealing the Stamp Act.

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.

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 British Parliament repealed the act in 1766.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.