American Revenue Act of 1764

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Sugar_Act
gptkbp:category	Colonial American history English law 1764 in law
gptkbp:contributedTo	gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkbp:dateEnacted	April 5, 1764
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enforcedBy	gptkb:Vice-Admiralty_Courts British customs officials
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce	September 29, 1764
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Stamp_Act_of_1765
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	American Revenue Act of 1764
gptkbp:imposedDutyOn	gptkb:café gptkb:sugar indigo textiles molasses certain wines
gptkbp:increasedEnforcementOf	gptkb:Navigation_Acts
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Molasses_Act_of_1733
gptkbp:prohibits	colonial trade export of lumber and iron to non-British countries importation of foreign rum
gptkbp:protestedBy	gptkb:Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives gptkb:Samuel_Adams gptkb:James_Otis_Jr. gptkb:Patrick_Henry American colonists
gptkbp:purpose	raise revenue from American colonies reduce smuggling in American colonies
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent	April 5, 1764
gptkbp:reducedDutyOn	molasses
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:Revenue_Act_of_1766
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:Molasses_Act_of_1733
gptkbp:requires	bond for certain exports strict documentation for cargo
gptkbp:significance	first direct tax on American colonies sparked 'no taxation without representation' debate
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sugar_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6