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To inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies.
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Why do you think that British officials rarely carried out th molasses act?
The Molasses Act imposed a stiff import duty on non-British imports of molasses into the US. The Act had been drawn up for the benefit and profit margins and under much pressure of the British West Indies plantation owners. Since this would have severely damaged much of the US colonies' rum-making and export industry and its flourishing trade with the countries they imported the molasses from, the US colonists strongly opposed the Act and started an extensive smuggling network for non-British molasses. The British government on the other hand did not stand to benefit financially by enforcing the Act; any profit would have gone to the already extremely rich sugar barons in the West Indies. Faced with the practical impossibility to control the smuggling and with no financial interest of their own to protect, the local British officials - for whom moreover local prosperity was much more important than that of some far-away islands - decided not to press the issue.
Why did English officials rarely carry out the molasses act?
James Gerald Ray
What was a british tax imported on sugar and molasses?
the sugar act
Was met by british attempts such as the molasses act to restrict colonial trade?
Sugar Act
What was the purpose of the molasses act in 1733?
Leading up the the molasses act of 1733, there were two rivaling trade companies that battled for America's business: the French West Indies and the British West Indies. Since Britain maintained control over America at the time, the British Parliament instituted the Molasses Act of 1733 over America so all molasses and sugar products that were not manufactured by Britain would be taxed 6 pence per gallon. Therefore, people wouldn't buy molasses from the French Indies because it would be more expensive, so they would buy it from the British Indies & the British would be more successful.
Which British law was reduced due to colonial opposition?
Sugar and Molasses Act.
Which was the first British Act used to raise revenue from the American Colonies?
Sugar Act of 1764
Which of act of parliament was passed to force the new England colonists to buy sugar from the British west indies?
molasses act
Which act of parliament was passed to force the new England Colonists to buy sugar from the british west indies?
molasses act
Which act of parliament was passed to force the new England colonists to buy sugar from the british to west indies?
molasses act
Which act of parliament was passed to force new England colonist to buy sugar from the british West Indies?
molasses act
Attempt by british authorities to squelch colonial trade with french west indies?
Molasses Act
