The sugar act was passed in 1764 to accuse smugglers of smuggling and what not. It also raised taxes on sugar and lowered them on molasses to give more money to the government.
The Sugar Act
1772
Between 1764-1765, the British government passed the Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act, which met with hostility in the American colonies.
the act lowered the taxes of molasses imported by the colonist
In 1764 Parliament passed the sugar act which put a duty, or import tax, on several products, including molasses.
the sugar act
Stamp act, Sugar act, Intolerable act, Quartering act, Tea act, and Townshend Revenue act. It might be more but the first two are the main ones
The Sugar Act
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would you pass me the sugar please
the sugar act came first
The Sugar Act was to get revenue from the colonies to pay for an army to protect the colonies as well as for some of the costs of the war the colonists caused. When the Sugar Act and a couple other plans failed, the passed the Stamp Act. The Quartering Act was passed to accomdate the soldiers that were placed in cities to keep the rioting down. And remember, King George didn't pass them, Parliament did.