The Molasses Act of 1733 and the Sugar Act of 1764, which were the last of the Navigation Acts, could not keep exclusive control of trade in British hands, and contributed to the movements for independence in America.
The Navigation Acts were a series of Parliamentary laws passed to control the trade of England's colonies. The original laws were enacted as a response to the success of Dutch shipping, even after the conquest of New Netherland by the British in 1674.
Unfortunately, in trying to legislate an end to competition, the Navigation Acts had economic impacts on the fledgling American colonies.
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American importers were not paying the excessively high duty that had been placed on Sugar (molasses) by the Molasses Act of 1733. They found it cheaper to pay bribes of a penny or so per gallon, to the customs collectors. When George Grenville became Prime Minister, he had Parliament overhaul the old act with a new Sugar Act, 1764. The new act lowered the tax on sugar entering the colonies, but it also created a new system for enforcing the act, making sure that the lowered duties would be collected. In New England, where molasses was a major trade item used in making various drinks as well as a sweetener, there was immediate concern. A Boston town meeting declared that the city would boycott (not purchase) all British imports to that colony. Other New England cities, including New York, followed Boston's lead. American Colonists granted Parliament the right to regulate trade but the colonists declared that the Sugar Act was an attempt to raise money in the colonies, something that colonists believed only colonial legislatures could do. They pointed to the official title of the Sugar Act--The American Revenue Act of 1764. Hence, the Americans, for perhaps the first time, raised the cry that they could not be taxed by a political body that did not represent them. They elected representatives to their assemblies, but not to Parliament. The cry, "No taxation without representation" would become a rallying cry for those favoring independence. In 1766, the British government reduced the duty on sugar to one penny (what had been the "traditional" bribe), and protest in New England began to subside.
The Sugar Act was passed on April 5th1764. The act was passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. The act put three cents on refined sugar as well as an increased tax on coffee, indigo, and types of wine. Although the act added on three cents to the original price of the sugar, it was lower than the previous Molasses act. Although this seemed like a good deal, it was definitely not.
The British highly enforced the law so that smuggling would be avoided. Despite the enforcement, colonists managed to sneak some sugar into their hands. This Act was passed so that the colonists would buy and trade with the British instead of with other colonies. Some of the leaders in the colonies boycotted the goods produced by Britain. As soon as this happened, many colonists caught on with the trend and also stopped buying from Britain. The people of the colonies believed that if they all did not buy the products of Britain then they would lower the prices of the sugar.
The Sugar act was repealed in 1766. It helped the colonists learn that if they all believed in the same thing and worked together, they could get things done. Te colonists were thrilled that the Sugar Act was repealed and that they might have made a difference.
The suger act and currency act passed in 1764
the sugar act is when the government taxes you on sweets like sugar and molassess. the stamp act is when the government taxes you on paper products.
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act, was passed in 1764 and repealed in 1766.
it was a tax placed on sugar and other resources
An Act of Parliament legally passed by a lawful government.
The stamp act. it was passed in 1765 and it was passed before the delaratory act, townshed act, quartering act, and the sugar act.
The suger act and currency act passed in 1764
The stamp act. it was passed in 1765 and it was passed before the delaratory act, townshed act, quartering act, and the sugar act.
The Sugar Act was passed by the British in 1764 to regulate the sugar trade in the American colonies.
Parliament passed this act in 1764
By a vote in Parliament
george washintonErm, actually George Washington had his own plantation, it was William wilberfrce and thomas Clarkson
The British Parliment passed the Sugar Act, the Intolerable Acts (Cohersive Acts), and the Stamp Act.
the sugar act is when the government taxes you on sweets like sugar and molassess. the stamp act is when the government taxes you on paper products.
Glen Grenville and Parliament passed the American Revenue Act (Sugar act) in order to off set the cost of nearly 10,000 British Soldiers in the Colonies.
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The Sugar Act was introduced The Rt. Hon. George Greenville. The act was passed by Parliament on April 5, 1764.