Question

Answer all questions given under the heading.

Increasing incidence of Taxation

1. What was the Sugar Act?
2. What was the Currency Act?
3. Explain the Quartering Act.
4. What was the Stamp Act?

Answer 1

1. The Sugar Act of 1764 prohibited the import of foreign rum and imposed duties on molasses, wines, silks, coffee, and other luxury items.
2. The Currency Act insisted on colonies repaying the debt only in gold or silver.
3. The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to pay for the cost of keeping British troops in America.
4. The Stamp Act of 1765 required that any printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp