The Revenue Act Of 1764

The sugar act was referred to as the american revenue act which was also american duties act.

The revenue act of 1764. The quartering act 1765. The currency act of 1764 was the second and most impactful of two laws passed by the british government during the reign of king george iii that attempted to take total control of the monetary systems of all 13 colonies of british america passed by parliament on september 1 1764 the act extended the restrictions of the currency act of 1751 to all 13 of the american british colonies. Act suspending the new york assembly 1767. The revenue act of 1767 was one of the five townshend acts that placed new taxes on britain s american colonies and created a strict regime for enforcement.

On april 5 1764 parliament passed a modified version of the sugar and molasses act 1733 which was about to expire. The revenue act of 1764. The sugar act titled the american revenue act of 1764. It gave customs officials broad authority to enforce the taxes and punish smugglers through the use of writs of assistance.

The boston port act 1774 the 1st intolerable act. The sugar act 1764 also known as the american revenue act 1764 or the american duties act was a revenue raising act passed by the parliament of great britain on 5 april 1764. The revenue act of 1767 placed taxes on glass lead painters colors tea and paper. This act was passed on april 5th 1764 by the parliament of great britain in an attempt to raise revenue through the taxation on sugar and.

Resolves of parliament and address to the king 1769. The revenue act of 1764 was also known as the sugar act. The stamp act 1765. Under the molasses act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses.

Parliament passed the revenue act of 1762 in an attempt to halt bribery as routinely practiced by colonists circumventing the molasses act. The massachusetts government act. Before the sugar act there was also the molasses act of 1733 which taxed a minimum of six pence per gallon of molasses. Sugar act also called plantation act or revenue act 1764 in u s.

Revenue act of 1767. Colonial history british legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the french and dutch west indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged british empire responsibilities following the french and indian war actually a reinvigoration of the largely ineffective molasses act of. It was passed by the british parliament in april 1764 to raise funds.