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Acts, Laws, and Duties

Acts, Laws, and Duties. Lindsay Jessmore , Sarah Ball, Kade Ford, Amani Huell. Acts. The Revenue Act of 1762. Tightening up customs services and original Navigation Acts that were being ignored. Reaction: People complained, but didn’t take action . GOOD!. Sugar Act of 1764.

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Acts, Laws, and Duties

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  1. Acts, Laws, and Duties Lindsay Jessmore, Sarah Ball, Kade Ford, AmaniHuell

  2. Acts

  3. The Revenue Act of 1762 • Tightening up customs services and original Navigation Acts that were being ignored. • Reaction: People complained, but didn’t take action. GOOD!

  4. Sugar Act of 1764 • Replaced the Molasses Act of 1733. • Also by Grenville.

  5. Currency Act of 1764 • Passed by Grenville • Protected British merchants by banning the use of paper money. • Ordinary colonists would have to pay their debts in gold or silver coin (in short supply)

  6. Stamp Act 1765 • Required a small embossed stamp (like a postage stamp) on court documents, newspapers, and playing card. This indicated a tax was due. • The colonists could have avoided this act if they would have decided to tax themselves. • Response: Riots by the Sons of Liberty and others, impacted everyone.

  7. Declaratory Act of 1766 • Proclaimed Parliament’s control of the colonies. • Parliament could pass any law or tax the saw fit for the colonies…would create many questions about representation of colonial interests in Parliament

  8. Quartering Act 1765 • Colonists were forced to feed and house British soldiers. • Response: New York assembly refuses to implement until 1767; impacts colonists to much that this will be the subject of the 3rd Amendment (No Quartering of Troops)

  9. Restraining Act of 1767 • Suspended the New York assembly until they agreed to the Quartering Act. • Taking away the “assembly” will also impact the Bill of Rights (1st Amendment) • Exercising powers like this would continue to build resentment toward Britain

  10. General • Excise-Levies: “sales tax” increased • Again, impacting everyone…no way to really “boycott”

  11. Laws

  12. Vice-Admiralty Courts • Maritime tribal composed only of a judge, not common-law trials. • People were tried for violating the acts. • Not fair to the colonists; no “jury of your peers”…again, violating what would eventually be termed as “inalienable rights”—LIBERTY (others are life, pursuit of happiness)

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