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.
the sugar act and the intolerable act
The Sugar Act, The Stamp Act, and The Currency Act.
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the quartering act, townshend act, stamp act, sugar act, Boston massacre, Boston tea party,etc.
The Sugar Act of 1764, also known as the American Revenue Act or the Plantation Act, did not have specific slogans associated with it. However, the Act aimed to reduce colonial smuggling and increase revenue for the British government by imposing duties on sugar and other goods imported into the colonies. The Act was met with resistance from colonists who believed it violated their rights as British subjects, leading to increased tensions that ultimately contributed to the American Revolutionary War.
the british established a sugar act back in colonial times. it just put a tax on sugar
The Sugar Act of 1764 occurred in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Sugar Act is the law that puts tax on foreign molasses and sugar!!
The Sugar Act
sugar act
the sugar act came first
The Sugar Act of 1934 regulated sugar imports
The Sugar Act was a tax put on sugar by King George.
The Sugar Act was passed by the British in 1764 to regulate the sugar trade in the American colonies.
The act of congress that established the JROTC Program is the National Defense Act of 1916.
The Quartering Act was established in 1765......londa_luvs-ya
After. The stamp act was added in 1765 and the sugar act was improved in 1764.