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I want to have a question regarding the famous Sugar act, which took place on April 5 1764. One thing is for sure that it certainly had to do something with the all important edible item, the sugar. However, I would like to know some facts about the sugar act of 1764.
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The Sugar Act was passed in 1764. According to the Sugar act, the British placed a tax on sugar, wine, and other important things that happened to be the items of daily use. The reason British did this because they wanted more money to be generated. The British wanted this money to help provide more security for the colonies. The security was expensive because of the Indians and fights with foreign powers. The British also hoped that the act would force colonists to sell their goods to Britain as opposed to selling to other countries. Nevertheless, the Sugar Act made the people in the colonies very upset. By only trading with Britain, they could not see themselves as they would be able to sell their goods for as much. Besides, they lost money if they bought the same amount of sugar, wine and other important things that they did before the Sugar Act started. The people in the colonies were worried that Britain would start making them spend more and more money for their goods through taxes. Some leaders in the colonies started to boycott the British goods and told everybody to boycott them as well, as they thought that the British would make the prices lower. The colonists became more united because they opposed the Sugar Act.
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