By the 1756 due to the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War, taxes on English citizens had reached a near unbearable high, to lessen the pain on England, they began to tax the colonies.These taxes cause many hardships for the colonists and unintentionally planted the seeds for a revolution. The first of these notable taxes was the Sugar Act beginning in 1764 sugar, molasses, and many imports from outside of England were taxed. In 1733 an act called the Molasses act was passed, it was unsuccessful as England did little to enforce the law, causing many of the colonists to turn to smuggling and consequently the colonists became used to handling their own business. Once the Sugar Act was put upon colonists, it met resistance
