The Sugar Act of 1733 -- Revise and enforce -- Reasons against the renewal -- The Sugar Act of 1764 -- Protest -- The British Retreat -- The Sugar Act of 1766 -- A distinction without a difference -- Demand for repeal.
Summary:
"The story of the Sugar Act is one of the longest, most complex stories of the American Revolution. It begins before Great Britain in 1764 initiated parliamentary taxation of America, and ends in 1774 with Americans declaring that the Sugar Act infringed upon and violated the rights of the colonists. There were three acts passed by Parliament--in 1733, 1764, and 1766--that established trade regulations and levied duties on products imported into the British North American colonies. Each act was, in its own time, called the Sugar Act. American protests to the Sugar Act duties and regulations laid the foundation for the persistent and often violent protests against the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts. Understanding the long Sugar Act controversy provides insight into events of the decade of crises beginning in 1764"--Page vii.
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