what was the Causes and effects What was each act?

Abel Adger: Sugar Act (1764)- First Revenue raising act for Britain. It was supposed to place a high tax on sugar from the West Indies; however, the colonies rebelled forcing the crown to back down.Stamp Act (1765)- A way of raising revenue for the military expenditure after the French and Indian War. It required a stamp on about 50 items. Britain believed it was a perfectly reasonable act. The colonists saw no need for it, and they felt it jeopardized their rights as Englishmen. It sparked the ideology of “No taxation without representation”. Townshend Acts (1767)- It required the suspension of New York until they accepted the Quartering Act. They also created duties on colonial imports, which lead to colonial resistance. Tea Act (1773)- It is a tax break on tea. Colonists were not buying tea due to the Revenue Act, and the East India Company needed money. The colonists did not see it as a tax break, and it did not go over well, led to Boston Tea Party.Intolerable/Co! ercive Acts (April 1774) Britain’s response to the Boston Tea Party. The acts closed the Boston port, until the tea was paid for from the Tea Party. New Quartering Act issued, and forbid town meetings without governmental consent.I hope this helps....Show more

Katheryn Skrobacki: OMG this is so familiar from Grade 7 last year!! Pretty much the cause of each act was to gain more taxes. Sugar act placed taxes on stuff like sugar and molasses. Stamp act raised taxes on stamps, which made it more costly to get a newpaper or send a letter. Townshend act I cannot remember. Tea act put taxes on...what else but tea! and Intolerable Acts, I kind of forget what that was for. Pretty much ti was all taxation without representation. I guess you could say the cause of these Acts being created was to gain more taxes, and the effect was that the colonists became rebellious, and that's where The American Revolution came into play, and the Boston Tea Party incident. Hope this help! s!...Show more