Excise Taxes
Analysis
Objective Analyze the financial impact of the French and Indian War on the American colonies
Directions: Complete the chart about Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Acts, or Stamp Act. This will come from our classmates presentations to the
class. Finally, work together to put the excise taxes on the timeline on the next page.
Excise Taxes What it Taxed
Sugar Act The Sugar Act aimed to raise revenue from the American
colonies by taxing imported sugar and other goods such as
molasses. It also increased enforcement of smuggling laws.
Quartering Act The Quartering Act did not impose direct taxes, but it
required the American colonies to provide housing and
provisions for British troops stationed in the colonies. While
it wasn't a tax in the traditional sense, it was a measure that
imposed financial burdens on the colonies.
Townshend Acts The Townshend Acts imposed taxes on a variety of goods
imported into the American colonies, including tea, glass,
paper, and paint. These taxes were external or indirect taxes,
meaning they were levied on goods before they reached
Colonial Reactions
The Sugar Act was met with widespread resistance in the
colonies. Colonists viewed it as a violation of their rights to be
taxed without representation in the British Parliament. Smuggling
and evasion of the tax became common practices, and protests
against the act began to emerge.
The Quartering Act was also met with opposition, as it required
colonists to provide housing and supplies for British troops.
Colonists resented the presence of standing armies in peacetime
and saw the act as another intrusion on their rights. Some
colonial assemblies refused to comply with the Quartering Act,
further straining relations with British authorities.
The Townshend Acts, which imposed taxes on various imported
goods, triggered a strong response from the colonies. Colonists
organized boycotts of British goods as a form of protest. The
most famous of these was the non-importation agreement, where
colonists pledged to stop importing British goods. The slogan
"No taxation without representation" gained prominence during
 colonial ports. this period, expressing the colonists' belief that they should not
be taxed by a government in which they had no representation.

It affected Deeds, Wills, Land, Stamps, Legal Documents, Due to the stamp act, the colonists protested against it, starting
Newspapers, the American Revolution. Colonists tried to boycott stamps by
Stamp Act making their own which was similar to a pirate logo.

Timeline of Excise Taxes

1756 - 1763: French and

Indian War Townshend Act 1767

Quartering Act 1765

Sugar Act 1764

Stamp Act
1765

Proclamation of 1763 1776: American

Revolutionary War Begins