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feb 29, 1764 - Sugar Act The tax on sugar

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When the Sugar and Molasses Act was about to end, Parliament passed the Sugar Act requiring colonists to pay a tax on sugar (6 pence per gallon). The act was forced to be repealed when there was a decline of taxed items.

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feb 29, 1764
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~ 261 years ago

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