The stamp act and the sugar act taxed the colonists to fund the british troops stationed in the colonies.
The stamp act of 1765 refers to a British law passed by the Parliament of Great Britan on February 6th, 1765, during the reign of King George III.
This act was designed in order to raise revenue from the American colonists in all of the 13 Colonies.
The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on February 6th, 1765. The Act set a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies which impacted the manufacture of rum in New England. The Sugar Act taxed additional foreign goods as well. Some of these goods are coffee, cambric, wines and printed calico
