Name three taxes or acts in chronological order that led up to the Declaration of Independence.

There can be no doubt that taxation without proper representation set the stage for the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolutionary War. Britain’s debt skyrocketed in the decade before the war and King George III made matters worse by wrongly thinking a heavier tax burden was the solution.

By 1763, taxes were intolerable in Britain and still rising. Previous advisors to the king avoided the issue of taxing the colonies because it was unpopular on both sides of the Atlantic. But during the next four years, the British Parliament began passing laws to raise money through taxing the American colonists. These laws caused severe financial hardships in the colonies and began to engender anger toward the British government. Four acts instituted during this period can be seen as the prelude to the inevitable revolt that would follow.

The Sugar Act (1764)

The Sugar Act placed a tax on molasses, sugar, and other products imported into the American colonies from places outside the British Empire. A similar law, called the Molasses Act, had been passed in 1733, but the people had not obeyed for two reasons:

Explanation:

uncle sam would be tossing and turning in his grave : *)

well first we can compare on what the slave masters ate and what the slaves ate well the masters ate fancy great food like chicken rice mash potatose and stuff like that and slaves ate well food that your not suppost to eat like the weird parts of turkey and chicken and slaves master chilled beat and eat and slaves work get beat and get little of sleep there you go