apr 5, 1764 - Sugar Act
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The Sugar Act was one of the first direct taxes on the colonists to raise the duty on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies. The colonists had already began trading with the West Indies without Britain interfering, and now Britain was taxing them for trading with a foreign place. This act also gave rise to the saying "No Taxation Without Representation."
"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 (Guadelupe, Martinique and Santo Domingo (now Haiti)), all important destination ports for lumber, flour, cheese, and assorted farm products. The situation disrupted the colonial economy by reducing the markets to which the colonies could sell, and the amount of currency available to them for the purchase of British manufactured goods."
“The Sugar Act.” Ushistory.org, Independence Hall Association, www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.html.
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