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it was a tax placed on sugar and other resources
The Suger Act of 1764
The French and Indian War had placed a burden on the British treasury. In order to raise finds from its American colonies, the British parliament in 1764 passed the Sugar Act. This was a tax on imported refined sugar products and molasses. It was strongly objected to by the American colonies.
The tax enacted in 1764 to help pay for colonial defense was called the Sugar Act. It was levied on imported goods, such as molasses and sugar, that were commonly used in the colonies. The act was met with resistance from the colonists, who argued that they lacked representation in the British Parliament and should not be subject to taxation without consent.
Sugar Act- Tax on sugar. Drove the colonists bonkers. Stamp Act- Put tax on anything that needed stamped Ex. Letters, marriage certificates, newspapers, contracts etc.
it was a tax placed on sugar and other resources
April 5, 1764 hope this helps you :)
The Suger Act of 1764
In 1764, the British Parliament passed the Sugar Act to raise revenues. It was a tax placed on sugar and molasses. This tax affected the American colonies. The Sugar Act was also known as the American Revenue Act.
The sugar act was a tax Great Britain placed on the colonies to pay back the war debt from the French and Indian war. It was a tax on sugar, molassis, rum, and spirits that came from Barbados and other tropical countries. The tax angered the colonists and after multiple other issuesthe colonists decided to start the revolutionary war. Hope this helped!
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The French and Indian War had placed a burden on the British treasury. In order to raise finds from its American colonies, the British parliament in 1764 passed the Sugar Act. This was a tax on imported refined sugar products and molasses. It was strongly objected to by the American colonies.
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In 1764 Parliament passed the sugar act which put a duty, or import tax, on several products, including molasses.
The Sugar Act of 1764 was a tax placed on colonists by the British government in order to raise money for the royal coffers. The tax came at a time when the colonies were already experiencing an economic depression. Protests were organized and the sugar tax turned out to be one more thing that eventually led to the Revolutionary War.
The Sugar Act was passed April 5, 1764. It reduced the tax on molasses but added sugar, domes wines, coffee, pimento, cambric and printed calico to those items being taxed in the colonies.
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