Sugar Act

Sugar Act The Parliament of Great Britain passed The Sugar Act on April 5, 1764. It was created so that they could collect revenue from the British colonies and from America. Imported sugar and molasses were taxed. This negatively affected New England’s rum production. Sugar Act Definition (h2) In the 1700s it was highly lucrative to manufacture rum and this would mean great profits for Britain via taxation. Consequently they decided to create the Sugar Act and enforce it in their colonies. Sugar is used to make molasses and in turn, molasses is used to make rum. Sugar is grown on the West Indian sugar plantations. The Molasses Act has it is known, was entrenched in The Navigation Act of 1733. Therefore the significance of the Sugar Act is…

On April 5, 1764, British Parliament pass a new tax, which took place of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733). This act caused taxes on imports of sugar, coffee, and other goods entering the ports of the American colonies and was created and designed by England to raise funds to recover the French and Indian War damage. This meant that all colonial merchants were required to pay a tax of six percent of a total gallon to import foreign molasses. It started by, getting harder to load and unload cargo…

The Sugar and Stamp Acts were passed through the years 1763 to 1765. Both were unwanted taxes placed on American Colonists to raise revenue. Because both were unwanted many acts of rebellion or simple discussions took place. The Sugar Act was passed in 1764 by George Grenville, Prime Minster, 1763-1765. This act placed a tax on all molasses and sugar and to regulate trade. The Sugar Act was passed to enforce the Molasses Act of 1733. The Molasses Act was a tax of only six pence per gallon or…

additional acts on top of the Sugar Act. These new acts included the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act, and the Townshend Act each of these acts the colonist responded uniquely. With some acts there was protest such as harassing officials and in some there was complete boycotting of goods. In contrast some acts such, as the Declaratory Act was not protested at all. An additional law that was forced upon the colonist was proposed by George Greenville was the Stamp act. The Stamp Act passed on…

were not initially resistant to British rule, but after years of being stripped of their freedoms they shifted toward the idea of separating from Britain and creating their own government that would incorporate Republican values. After the Seven Years’ War, British troops remained in America. The cost of these troops added on to Britain’s already existing debt. In an attempt to create more revenue in America, Parliament passed the Sugar Act in 1764. The Sugar Act would reduce the tax on…

saw this as an economic threat. On December, 1773 colonists from Boston would board disguised as Native Americans a ship and dump approximately 300 crates of tea into the sea. This would anger Great Britain which would retaliate by passing the coercive or intolerable acts in 1774. These acts were a disciplinary action taken by Britain in order to keep the colonies under control. It also closed down the ports in Boston, weakened the local governmental institutions and strengthened the British…

• Sugar Act, 1764 The Sugar Act, also known as the Revenue Act of 1764, was a law put in place by British parliaments. This act an d the first Revenue acts were passed by prime minister Sir George Grenville. He first tried to enforce an act in 1733 but it did not yield the results he expected. The Molasses Act of 1733 increased the tax on imported molasses, which made rum, and since Americans loved rum so much they found ways around the costly tariff. In actuality the act was simply an…

We all sat in silence, the only sounds that could be heard was the crackling of the fire and the wind through the chimney. We all knew that if we didn’t show the Parliament that this taxing is wrong, then it will never stop and the King will have a tight grip on us. One of my sons, Jacob interrupted the silence, “The Parliament has done this before with the Sugar Act, this is the same. It will end soon and we will forget about it. This won’t change anything.” After this comment, an enormous…

American colonist would give in to their new regulations. Among these new regulations were the Proclamation of 1763, American Revenue Act or Sugar Act, and Stamp Act. These three laws were contributing factors setting the course of America seeking their independence. Proclamation of 1763 was set in place to pacify the Indians and keep the white settlers from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. Those colonists that already took up roots in these parts of the country were required…

To make candies you always start with dissolving sugar in the boiling water so that sugar will change to sugar syrup. To begin with, the article mentions that if you want to make rock candy, you need to let the syrup cool down for long time so that it will change into big sugar crystals. However, if you want to produce fudge, you need to continuously stir the syrup after the cooling period because the sugar crystals form, they stay small and don’t increase in size too much. Also each grain…