1 Jan 1764 Jahr - Sugar Act

Beschreibung:

Places duties on foreign sugar and certain luxuries; its chief purpose is to raise money for the crown (to pay for the French and Indian War); a companion law provides for stricter enforcement of the Navigation Acts to stop smuggling (those accused of smuggling are to be tried in admiralty courts by crown-appointed judges without juries)

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