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The Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 (18 Geo. 3. c. c. 12) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that declared Parliament would not impose any duty, tax, or assessment for the raising of revenue in any of the colonies of British America or the British West Indies .
Download QR code; Print/export ... Land Tax Act 1778 (repealed) 18 Geo. 3. c. 2. 10 December 1777. ... Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 [1] ...
Download QR code; Print/export ... establish the precedent that the British Parliament had the right to tax the colonies. [4] ... Taxation of Colonies Act 1778;
Response of the Continental Congress to the Conciliatory Resolution, published in a New England newspaper in 1775. The Conciliatory Resolution was a resolution proposed by Lord North and passed by the British Parliament in February 1775, in an attempt to reach a peaceful settlement with the Thirteen Colonies about two months prior to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. [1]
During the 1760s after the French and Indian War, Great Britain began imposing taxes on its North American colonies. [3] From the British point of view, the colonies were being taxed to cover the cost of the British Army protecting them. [4] Taxes related to the American Revenue Act 1764 and Stamp Act 1765 caused discontent in the colonies. [5]
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This is a list of British tariffs.. 1764: Sugar Act [1] 1765: Customs, etc. Act 1765 1767: Townshend Acts [2] 1778: Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 1815: Corn Laws [3] 1860: Cobden–Chevalier Treaty
The Stamp Act of 1765 required various printed materials in the colonies to use stamped paper produced in London, and was effectively a tax on the colonies. [3] The direct imposition of a tax on the colonies by Parliament was controversial, due to the common English belief that the people could only be taxed by their own representatives.