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The British Parliament passed the Sugar Act in 1764. It provided for a strongly enforced tax on sugar, molasses, and other products imported into the American colonies from non-British Caribbean sources. The colonists’ anger over the tax helped to bring about the American Revolution.
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18 Δεκ 2016 · The Sugar Act of 1764, also known as the American Revenue Act, was passed by the British Parliament on April 5, 1764, to combat molasses smuggling in the American colonies and earn revenue to fund the colonies’ defense. Click for PDF and Google Slides worksheets.
Sugar Act 1764 (Revenue Act) Introduced by Prime Minister George Grenville, was an act that reduced tax on molasses by 50%. However new machinery ended smuggling by strengthening the admiralty courts, and gave accused smugglers jury free trials.
Parliament passed the Sugar Act, which was a tax on sugar, wine, indigo (a type of color dye) and molasses. The last was very important to New England merchants, since they bought molasses to make rum to sell to other colonies including the French, Dutch, and Spanish.
5 ημέρες πριν · The Sugar Act 1764, also known as the American Revenue Act 1764 or the American Duties Act, was passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764. The act reduced the earlier established tax of six pence per gallon of molasses by half.
13 Σεπ 2024 · Sugar Act, in U.S. colonial history, British legislation (1764) aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian War.
22 Αυγ 2024 · The Sugar Act forced colonial merchants to adhere to Triangular Trade by restricting trade with foreign merchants. How did the Sugar Act promote colonialism? The Sugar Act promoted colonialism by increasing Britain’s ability to exploit and control the economy in the American Colonies.
