jan 1, 1764 - The Sugar Act

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Sugar Act, also called Plantation Act or Revenue Act, in U.S. colonial history, British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian War. The people involved The Sugar Act was mostly made by the British government. The people were the late majesty king George the II, king Charles the II, and congress.

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