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The colonial reaction to the sugar act was smuggling sugar and molasses.
the british established a sugar act back in colonial times. it just put a tax on sugar
Sugar Act
James Otis
taxation without representation A+
James Otis
Sugar and Molasses Act.
The tax enacted in 1764 to help pay for colonial defense was called the Sugar Act. It was levied on imported goods, such as molasses and sugar, that were commonly used in the colonies. The act was met with resistance from the colonists, who argued that they lacked representation in the British Parliament and should not be subject to taxation without consent.
The Sugar Act was hated by colonists because most of them were very poor. This act required taxes to be paid on many popular items.
There was the sugar act, molasses act, townshend acts, coercive aka intolerable acts, tea act, and the stamp act.
Intolerable Acts by the British led colonial leaders to form the first continental congress and draw up a declaration of colonial rights in 1774. The congress was held as a means of protest against the British.