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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.
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Who passed the sugar act?
george washintonErm, actually George Washington had his own plantation, it was William wilberfrce and thomas Clarkson
Why did grenville propose the sugar act the quartering act and the stamp act?
to support there army with the money from the taxes
Who did the sugar act mainly affect?
What does it mean that the Sugar Act made it illegal to trade with non-british suppliers
Who was involved in the townshed act?
Charles Townshend, the English Parliament by Chancellor of Exchequer introduced the Townshend Act. It imposed duties on tea, paper, paints, lead and glass imported into colonies in 1767.
1764 sugar act?
british made the colonist pay a tax on molases and sugar ,but the colonist were angered.therefore, colonist convinced all 12 colonies except one to stop buying tea from the british, leading up to the stamp act of 1765.
Who introduced the Sugar Act?
The Sugar Act was introduced The Rt. Hon. George Greenville. The act was passed by Parliament on April 5, 1764.
A sentence that uses the word sugar act?
The Sugar Act was passed by the British in 1764 to regulate the sugar trade in the American colonies.
What was a british tax imported on sugar and molasses?
the sugar act
Info About the sugar act?
the sugar act was pssed by british parliment. it put a 3 cent tax on sugar.
The British tried to stop smuggling with the what act?
This was the Sugar Act.
How did the colonist organize the sugar act?
The colonist didn't organize the sugar act. It was a British law.
How did the colonists organize the sugar act?
The colonist didn't organize the sugar act. It was a British law.
What British government tried to stop smuggling with the?
This was the Sugar Act.
Who made the sugar act?
The British Parliment passed the Sugar Act, the Intolerable Acts (Cohersive Acts), and the Stamp Act.
What tax did the British issue in 1765?
The British govenment introduced 'The Stamp Act of 1765'
What was British's reaction to the Sugar Act?
The British placed a tax on sugar, wine, and other important things.
What was the British reaction to the sugar act?
The British placed a tax on sugar, wine, and other important things.
