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18h 59min, apr 5, 1764 y - Sugar Act

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The Sugar Act lowered the duty on foreign-produced molasses from six pence per gallon to 3 pence per gallon, in attempts to discourage smuggling.

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18h 59min, apr 5, 1764 y
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~ 262 years ago