Strict enforcement of the Sugar Act successfully
reduced smuggling
, but it greatly disrupted the economy of the American colonies by increasing the cost of many imported items, and reducing exports to non-British markets.
What did 2 things did the Sugar Act do to colonists?
The Sugar Act
reduced the amount of tax that colonists had to pay on molasses by half but increased the enforcement of the law
. This made smuggling of illegal molasses from non-British territories a lot harder. The tax on molasses under the Sugar Act was 3 cents per gallon.
What 3 things did the Sugar Act do?
The act also listed
more foreign goods
to be taxed including sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric and printed calico, and further, regulated the export of lumber and iron. The enforced tax on molasses caused the almost immediate decline in the rum industry in the colonies.
Why was the Sugar Act bad for the colonists?
The Sugar Act also
increased enforcement of smuggling laws
. Strict enforcement of the Sugar Act successfully reduced smuggling, but it greatly disrupted the economy of the American colonies by increasing the cost of many imported items, and reducing exports to non-British markets.
Why were colonists angry about the Sugar Act?
Many colonists felt that
they should not pay these taxes
, because they were passed in England by Parliament, not by their own colonial governments. They protested, saying that these taxes violated their rights as British citizens.
Why did the colonists argue that these taxes were unfair?
The English felt that the colonists should pay taxes because the English government was providing services that the colonists would otherwise have had to do without. The Americans felt the taxes were unfair
because they were being imposed by a government in which the colonists had no “voice
.”
What was the cause and effect of the Sugar Act?
Explanation: The Sugar Act occurred when parliament decided to make a few adjustments to the trade regulations. … The causes of the Sugar Act include
the reduced tax on molasses from 6 pence to 3 pence, increased tax on imports of foreign processed sugar, and the prohibition on importing foreign rum
.
Why was the Sugar Act important to the American Revolution?
Actually a reinvigoration of the largely ineffective Molasses Act of 1733, the Sugar Act provided
for strong customs enforcement of the duties on refined sugar and molasses imported into the colonies from non-British Caribbean sources
. …
Why is the Sugar Act bad or good?
The
tax on sugar and molasses
, coupled with Britain's drastic anti-smuggling enforcement methods, greatly harmed the emerging colonial rum industry by giving British West Indies sugarcane planters and rum distillers a virtual monopoly.
How did the Sugar Act cause tension between the colonists and Britain?
The Sugar Act would cause tension between the colonist and Britain
by reducing the colonists profit2
. The ideals of the enlightenment would appeal to the colonists because they'd be able to question the governments authority; thus, be able to overthrow the government.
Who did the Sugar Act mainly affect?
The Sugar Act of 1764 mainly affected
business merchants and shippers
.
What made the colonists so angry at the British?
By the 1770s, many colonists were angry because
they did not have self-government
. This meant that they could not govern themselves and make their own laws. They had to pay high taxes to the king. They felt that they were paying taxes to a government where they had no representation.
What tax act angered the colonists the most?
Quartering Act
.
The British further angered American colonists with the Quartering Act, which required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to British troops.
What did the Sugar Act prevent?
Definition of Sugar Act
The American Revenue Act of 1764, so called Sugar Act, was a law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by
reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties
.
Why did they say no taxation without representation?
a phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761, that
reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives
and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution; in full, “Taxation without representation is tyranny.”
Why was no taxation without representation an unfair situation for the colonists?
In short, many colonists believed that as they were not represented in the distant British parliament, any taxes it imposed on the colonists (such as the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts)
were unconstitutional
, and were a denial of the colonists' rights as Englishmen.
