What was the first act that the parliament passed in an attempt to raise revenue by taxing the american colonists?
the quartering act: obligated colonial legislations to meet the needs of british soldiers stationed in that colony
the stamp act: mandated that colonists affix stamps to certain legal and commercial documents
the declaratory act: stated that the parliament had the absolute right to impose taxes on the colonists
the revenue act: taxed goods such as paper and paint that the colonies imported from britain
the sugar act: increased the duties on sugar imported from the west indies

The main topics that are related both to colonialism and the age of reason are search for freedom, political system and declaration of rights.

Explanation:

The colonialism is a political system that some countries used for expansion and domination of the new lands that started with the exploration of the seas in 15th Century and ended in the 19th Century. The first dominators were European countries, but later United States and China also use this strategy. The set piece was to control the colonies in economic, cultural and religious fields; also take advantage of the natural sources, i.e. gold, people or silver., using them as fountains of richness, which implied most of the times an exploitation. This ended badly, as time passed, there was more of it, so the colonies started to think about freedom, in which their rights were recognized and defended, as they noticed they were as human as their dominators. In the 18th Century, for example, people from United States (that was an english colony) wanted to see their rights recognized and wanted to live freely, as the Declaration of Independence pronounces. This document was the beginning of a battle for Independence, that they achieved some years later. Other colonies saw this as an inspiration for their own freedom and they searched for it in their own ways and means.On the other hand, still in the 18th Century, but in France, people was looking for freedom not as the colonies, but from absolute monarchy that they were having with the King Louis XVI. Some ideas of freedom and rights were arising in the intelectual groups so much that a movement started: The Age of Reason. In this movement there was a deep consideration of all men as equals, as people were as human as their kings. They conceived that all rights were natural and universal, so as long as you are a man, all this rights should be recognized. This was stated in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, which was the inspiration and push for the Revolution of France, that led some time later to the establishment of the Republic of France.

In this two, we can notice that there are related topics:

There is an inicial political system, in which injustices stands out.There is a profound desire for freedom.There is declaration of rights that recognizes man as equal. And as worthy of a live of freedom that the government should defend.There is a change of the inicial political system.

This is why the topics political system, search for freedom and declaration of rights are main topics that are related with colonialism and the Age of Reason.