The Sugar Act was a law passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764, it was designed to raise money from the colonists. This reduced the molasses duty of 6d per gallon to 3d but Grenville enforced payment through stricter customs controls in the thirteen colonies. (Grenville) The Act set a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies which impacted the manufacturing of rum in New England. Rum was a money-making product and Britain wanted a cut. Majority of the sugarcane came from sugar plantations in the colonies and the West Indies. Britain wanted to force the colonists to purchase the costly sugar from Britain. The new tax was collected by the British military and if you violated the law, a judge decided the outcome
