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Historian Fred Anderson wrote that the purpose of the Act was "to resolve the problems of finance and control that plagued the postwar empire." To do this "three kinds of measures" were implemented -- "those intended to make customs enforcement more effective, those that placed new duties on items widely consumed in America, and those that adjusted old rates in such a way as to maximize revenues."

So basically to raise revenue for the seven years war expenses

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king george III and William pitt started the sugar act

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The Sugar Act of 1764 lowered the duties on foreign molasses, raised the duties on foreign refined sugar, and increased the export bounty on British refined sugar imported into the American colonies. They were protested by American colonists.

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The Sugar Act was an attempt to raise revenue in Great Britain, so they taxed the American colonists, instead of their own people. It was imposed at a time of economic depression, so this, understandably, infuriated the colonists. To accommodate, they had to raise prices of sugar. This eventually contributed to the American Revolution.

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The Sugar Act of 1764 passed because the British needed money.

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It was a tax placed on sugar and other resources.

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It was to lower the price on molasses. It paid for the British troops.

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Great Britain had amassed tremendous debt fighting in wars, and the Sugar Act was implemented for the purpose of raising money. It was also referred to as the American Revenue Act.

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It was designed to raise revenues to offset British military expenses in North America.

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