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==Quartering soldiers==

==Quartering soldiers==

The first act forced New York to house royal troops. The injustices involved led to the Third Amendment of the [[Bill of Rights]] in 1789.

The first act forced New York to house royal troops. The injustices involved led to the Third Amendment of the [[Bill of Rights]] in 1789.

==Revenue Act==  

==Revenue Act==

The Revenue Act of June 29, 1767, levied import duties on paper, glass of all kinds, and three pence a pound on tea. All imports of these items had to come from Britain. This was only the second time in the history of the [[British Empire]] that taxes had been levied on the colonies. All other laws, except the Sugar Act of 1764, had been for the purpose of protecting some industry within the empire. For this reason British leaders including [[William Pitt]] and [[Edmund Burke]] attacked the law as bad for business. It discouraged English manufacture because the tax encouraged a competing industry in the colonies or discouraged the use of the articles singled out for taxation.  

The Revenue Act of June 29, 1767, levied import duties on paper, glass of all kinds, and three pence a pound on tea. All imports of these items had to come from Britain. This was only the second time in the history of the [[British Empire]] that taxes had been levied on the colonies. All other laws, except the Sugar Act of 1764, had been for the purpose of protecting some industry within the empire. For this reason British leaders including [[William Pitt]] and [[Edmund Burke]] attacked the law as bad for business. It discouraged English manufacture because the tax encouraged a competing industry in the colonies or discouraged the use of the articles singled out for taxation.  

The revenue from these new taxes was designed to support an civil establishment in America independent of the colonial legislatures--that is, judges, governors, and other crown employees were paid from this fund instead of being dependent, as they always had been for their salaries, on annual appropriations of the local assemblies. This use of the money struck at the very foundation of American political liberty.  

The revenue from these new taxes was designed to support an civil establishment in America independent of the colonial legislatures—that is, judges, governors, and other crown employees were paid from this fund instead of being dependent, as they always had been for their salaries, on annual appropriations of the local assemblies. This use of the money struck at the very foundation of American political liberty.  

By the 1760s the thirteen colonies had achieved almost complete local self-government through financial control of the royal officers. To put judges and governors beyond colonial control and at the same time make them dependent upon London for their pay violated the rights of the coloniests and threatened despotic control by officials Americans could not influence. Coloniests called it "slavery".  

By the 1760s the thirteen colonies had achieved almost complete local self-government through financial control of the royal officers. To put judges and governors beyond colonial control and at the same time make them dependent upon London for their pay violated the rights of the coloniests and threatened despotic control by officials Americans could not influence. Coloniests called it "slavery".  

The fourth act, passed on July 2, repealed the inland duties on tea in England and permitted it to be exported to the colonies free of all British taxes.  

The fourth act, passed on July 2, repealed the inland duties on tea in England and permitted it to be exported to the colonies free of all British taxes.  

==see also==

==See also==

* [[Thirteen Colonies]]

* [[Thirteen Colonies]]

* [[American Revolution]]

* [[American Revolution]]

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