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apr 5, 1764 - Sugar Act

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On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed the Sugar and Molasses Act. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on sugar and molasses.

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apr 5, 1764
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~ 261 years ago