apr 5, 1764 - Sugar Act, 1764 War debt, the colonists were smuggling sugar. The act helped to pay off Great Britain’s debt. The act said soldiers could confiscate things without going to court if they thought it was smuggled. “As British citizens, colonists argued, they had a right to a trial by jury and to be viewed as innocent until proved guilty, as stated in British law.”
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