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.
because the british got fed up with the colinest and yeah bynote from new answerer: the British DID NOT get fed up with the Colonists. The colonists got fed up with the british. Because of said reasons belowNew Answer: February 11, 20091.) Because the British kept giving taxes to the Colonists. They treated the Colonists like a "money tree". So everytime the British needed money, they just took some from the Colonists.2.) Colonists began smuggling in sugar3.) The British had the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act.STAMP ACT = every written document now had a taxSUGAR ACT = this was to stop colonists from smuggling goods (mostly and other foods)4.) Eventually, the Colonists got really pissed off.
The British generally wanted to invade Concord to take the colonists storage of arms, ammunition, and political leaders. Minutemen at Lexington tried to stop the British and this battle marked the beginning of the American Revolution. The Battle of Lexington was the first official shooting between the Colonists and the British.
The march was tried to be stopped every time that they were marching.
King George III captured the colonists military supplies to stop them from rebelling.
The Proclamation of 1763 made by the British which drew a line down the Appalation (spelling sheck) Mountain. They told the Indians to stay to the west of the line, and the colonists to the east. This was to stop them from killing each other after the French and Indian war. The colonists did not like this because all the land on their side was already settled.
This was the Sugar Act.
The British government tried to stop American colonists from smuggling with the Sugar Act.
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This was the Sugar Act.
This was the Sugar Act.
the British Government tried stop smuggling by passing The Sugar Act but people still passed food and hid some in their homes
Sugar Act.
The Continental System tried, but there was inadequate customs enforcement and smuggling was popular.
The Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. They were designed to punish the colonists in Massachusetts and assert British authority. The acts closed the Boston port, restricted town meetings, allowed British officials to be tried in England, and expanded Quartering Act powers. The goal was to force the colonists to pay for the destruction of the tea and to stop them from smuggling goods.
because the british got fed up with the colinest and yeah bynote from new answerer: the British DID NOT get fed up with the Colonists. The colonists got fed up with the british. Because of said reasons belowNew Answer: February 11, 20091.) Because the British kept giving taxes to the Colonists. They treated the Colonists like a "money tree". So everytime the British needed money, they just took some from the Colonists.2.) Colonists began smuggling in sugar3.) The British had the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act.STAMP ACT = every written document now had a taxSUGAR ACT = this was to stop colonists from smuggling goods (mostly and other foods)4.) Eventually, the Colonists got really pissed off.