The Sugar Act's Contribution To The American Revolution

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2. The British planned that the Sugar Act would protect British trade with the new restrictions. Not only to protect, the Sugar Act also was designed to stop colonial trading with other countries mainly France and Spain making the colonies trade with only Britian. Thus increasing the revenue to help the British debt.

What is the Sugar Act of 1764 ? The Sugar Act is the taxation passed by British Parliament that taxed sugar and molasses imported to the colonies.

5. The Sugar Act of 1764 led to the American Revolution because of the effect on the colonial economy. The act also was thought to be infringing on the constitutional rights by the colonists.

The Sugar act of 1764

3. In reaction to the sugar act the colonies boycotted

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