Timeline of revenue acts

  • The Sugar Act

  • What it did

    This Act would generate revenue from the American Colonies by taxing goods like sugar and other types of items.
  • Colonies Reaction

    On the same day the act was passed the colonies were angered and started protests
  • How the British government reacted

    Their first reaction was to strengthen troops and sending them to the colonies that were having the protests
  • An image of the troops at the protests

    An image of the troops at the protests