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Sugar Act(1764) British legislation to raise revenue from North American colonies. A revision of the unenforced Molasses Act of 1733, it imposed new duties on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies from non-British Caribbean sources and provided for the seizure of cargoes violating the new rules. The act was the first attempt to recoup from the colonies the expenses of the French and Indian War and the cost of maintaining British troops in North America. The colonists objected to the act as taxation without representation, and some merchants agreed not to import British goods. Protests increased with passage of the Stamp Act. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Sugar Act actually reduced the levy on molasses in the hope that traders would be less inclined to engage in smuggling. Starting with the McKinley Bill of 1890, which paid American growers a bounty of two cents per pound of sugar to promote the fledgling sugar beet industry, Congress has approved sugar act after sugar act to protect these farmers from international competition. The royal governor, Francis Bernard, claimed that the Sugar Act produced "a greater alarm in this country than the taking of Fort William Henry [by the French] did in 1757. |
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