apr 5, 1764 - Sugar Act

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The Sugar Act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon, but measures were put in place to make sure that this was strictly followed. The act also listed more foreign goods to be taxed including sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric and printed calico, and further, regulated the export of lumber and iron.

This situation disrupted the colonial economy by reducing the markets to which the colonies could sell, and some colonists began to fear a pattern of increased taxation and restricted liberties.

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