Sugar+Act-Ruben

=Sugar Act=

Background:
Enacted April 5, 1764 - placed a duty on Madeira wine, coffee, sugar, pumients, indigo, cambric and printed calico - but was looking for the biggest payout on molasses with a 3 pence per gallon duty Differs from the Sugar Act of 1733 because this act was designed to keep French molasses out of North America. - 6 pence per gallon duty on molasses - however bribes of about 1 pence would get illegal molasses certified Stopping the trade didn't work so this is when the British decided to put a tax on it. Merchants said they would pay the 1 pence bribe but Grenville said 3 and ordered that it be strictly enforced. (Britain beefed up its naval presence)

The combined effect of the new duties was to sharply reduce the trade with Madeira, the Azores, the Canary Islands and the French West Indies. - this dirupted the colonial economy - it reduced the market to which the colonies could sell to and the amount of currency available to them for buying British goods.


 * Colonists began to focus on whether Parliment had the right to tax the colonies.**

Causes for Alarm:
- Economic disadvantages - Severe implementation by the navy - Post war depression - Enactment of another act prohibiting the use of paper money (Currency Act)

Reaction:
- Assemblies spoke against the new taxes - Threats to boycott English products