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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.

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The Sugar Act of 1764 was one of the causes of the American Revolutionary War and the forming of new United States of America. The British government had passed a series of acts over the course of thirty years or so that enraged the American colonists. The Molasses Act, the Sugar Act, the Currency Act, the Stamp Act and others caused the Americans to believe that Parliament was using them for profit and not recognizing their rights as British citizens.

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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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It was repealed in 1766. Instead, a once pence per gallon import tax was placed on molasses.

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It was one of many taxes the British placed on goods, which led to the American Revolution.

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It made minecraft and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite avalible to all the world.

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