The ACTS

British created 13 Acts for the American colonies. The British created this over a course of one hundred and six years (106). Most of the following Acts lead up to the American Revolution. The acts were:

1. The Naviagation Act-1660
2. The Wool Act 1699
3. The Hat Act-1732
4. The Molasses Act-1733
5. The Iron Act-1750
6. The Sugar Act-1764
7. The Currency Act-1764
8. The Quartering Act-1765
9. The Stamp Act-1765
10. The Declaratory Act-1766
11. The Towenshend Act-1767
12. The Tea Tax-1772
13. The Intolerable Act-1774

The Navigation Act prevented the colonists from trading outside of the British boundaries. I thought that this was a good idea, because there were a lot of new discoveries in North America that Britan wanted to keep to themselves. The Wool/Hat/Iron Acts were all in regard to the Navigation Act. All the british did was keep the Colonist trade within the British boundaries. In addition, the Molasses Act was connected to the Navigation Act

The Sugar Act and the Quartering Act both rvolve around food. I didn't think that it was a good idea for the British to control the amount of sugar that people could import and use. They were puting a limit on much people can eat. I personally don't think that there is a limit on eating. I don't think that everyone got a chance to buy sugar. The colonist didn't receive money all at the same time. Some colonist didn't have money, because the Gentry didn't buy anything from them. The quartering act was a good idea, because if some soldiers ran out of supplies then they could reload at the nearest town. The Currency Act and the Stamp Act were both extremely good acts in my opinion. These two things proved that a person has paid his or her taxes. This prevented people who were pretending that they paid their taxes to actually pay them.

The Declartory Act allowed Britain to tax the colonist on whatever they wanted to tax them on. This seemed unfair to me because I don't think there should be a tax on every little thing. Certain shouldn't be taxed in a time of need. For example: in present day if someone was about to loose their home the water should stay on, because without water people will die. These companies are voluntrily killing people over a couple hundred dollars. No matter what the situation a price can not be put life. The Intolerable Act was the right name for this act, because of this act is a reason why the American Revolution the the colonist independence.

All of the Acts had the do with the colonist economy. I think what really allowed the colonist to gain their idependence from Britain was their desire for wealth. The colonist were greedy and wanted to get wealthy. They saw North America as a giant gold mine. North America had new natural resources that had never been exposed to the world before. Then once they realized how wealthy they could get from everything here they decided that enough was enough. They knew that the rest of the world would pay for the resources in North America and wanted to expand their economic boundaries even further the the French and Spanish.