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The Revenue Act of 1764, also known as the Sugar Act was passed by Parliament, because it reduced the duties on imported sugar and other products imported from other places outside of the British Empire.

However, smugglers were able to avoid the earlier duties. To ensure that this tax would now be collected, and to stamp out smuggling, the act placed several courts in the major American seaports.

These courts had no juries. Naval judges examined evidence, weighed guilt, and passed sentence. The system was simple and effective.

The colonists didn't like any taxes that King George III placed upon them. It would eventually take the American Revolutionary War to put a stop it.

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