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.
The colonists, for the first time, really began to protest Parliament's regulations. In Boston, they held a town meeting and declared they would not import any British goods of any kind until the Sugar tax was repealed. Other cities, like New York, followed suit. The colonists reaction was considered mild and no violence developed. In fact, the tax only effected the wealthy. 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.
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.
The colonists, for the first time, really began to protest Parliament's regulations. In Boston, they held a town meeting and declared they would not import any British goods of any kind until the Sugar tax was repealed. Other cities, like New York, followed suit. The colonists reaction was considered mild and no violence developed. In fact, the tax only effected the wealthy. 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.
It did work and the colonists all loved it. The sugar act may have been the best idea parliment had sense the Stamp act.
george washintonErm, actually George Washington had his own plantation, it was William wilberfrce and thomas Clarkson
The Sugar Act of 1764 placed tariffs and duties on goods imported into the colonies by England.
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It was passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764.
1765 or 1766
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act, was passed in 1764 and repealed in 1766.
April 5th 1764.
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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.
Sugar act
After. The stamp act was added in 1765 and the sugar act was improved in 1764.
The Sugar Act went in to effect in 1764.