apr 5, 1733 - Sugar act
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Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. But because of corruption, they mostly evaded the taxes and undercut the intention of the tax — that the English product would be cheaper than that from the French West Indies.this is a political event
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apr 5, 1733
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~ 292 years ago