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title: "What was the first act that the Parliament passed in an attempt to raise revenue by taxing the American colonists?"  
description: "What was the first act that the Parliament passed in an attempt to raise revenue by taxing the American colonists?"  
author: "Richardson hayes"  
published: 2018-05-26  
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category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was the first act that the Parliament passed in an attempt to raise revenue by taxing the American colonists?

What was the first act that the [Parliament passed](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37963/in-which-year-parliament-passed-indian-post-office-amendment-bill) in an attempt to raise [revenue](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2034/rbi-unlikely-to-extend-card-tokenisation-deadline-despite-payment-failures-revenue-losses-bankers) by taxing the [American](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41823/how-much-did-the-vietnam-war-cost-american-taxpayers) colonists?


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