5 avr. 1764 - the sugar act

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makes complicated requirements for colonists to ship their goods. The Sugar Act was passed by Parliament on 5 April 1764, and it arrived in the colonies at a time of economic depression. It was an indirect tax, although the colonists were well informed of its presence.complicated requirements for shipping and exporting raw goods, angered colonists because they had to send raw goods back to britain before using them. judges ruling on cases where colonists were accused of getting around this tax would get 5% finders fee, and so it gave them incentive to find colonists guilty