Taxation Controversy
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- QUARTERING ACT
- WRITS OF ASSISTENCE
- This isn't fair! You can't search without permission
- SUGAR ACT
- We are now going to tax molasses and many other products, whether you like it or not.
- The Quatering Act required colonists to house and feed soldiers. The colonists were upset about the Act becuase it violated their rights and privacy.
- STAMP ACT
- Sorry to say this, but, you need to buy some special stamps for these
- The Writs of Assistence allowed the British to search imports for illegal goods without asking. This was a violation of the colonmists rights.
- DECLARATORY ACT
- The Sugar Act put import tax on many products. It also had harsh punishments for smugglers. This Act affected the smugglers most.
- TOWNSHEAD ACT
- You can't do that!
- The Stamp Act required colonists to buy a special stamp for many products and activities. This Act was disliked by many, because the colonists had to buy a separate stamp to do certain things. This was later repealed due to protests.
- The Declatory Act gave Parliment the rights to control the colonists.The colonists disliked this for many reasons, but especially because they had no representation in Parliment.
- We now have to rights to control you now.
- Thats not fair!
- The Townshead Act allowed Britian to tax only imports to the colonies. This helped the colonies a bit, but this Act also set up the Writs of Assistence, which the colonists hated.
- According to the law, we can.
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