History of the United States I / Unit 5 USH1 0606 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Sugar Act
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The idea
The Sugar Act of seventeen sixty-four reduced the duty on British molasses from six pence per gallon to three, and intensified enforcement.
In practice
Grenville aiming at rampant smuggling with the French sugar islands.
Where people slip
The lower duty was meant to make compliance cheaper than evasion. The Act cut the tax and colonists objected more, not less.
Your place on the trail
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