2 jan 1764 ano - Sugar, Currency Acts
Descrição:
SUGAR ACT
- taxes on sugar and molasses
- bad for American whiskey business
- used to crackdown on smuggling
- FIRST EXPLICIT REVENUE TAX
CURRENCY ACT
- outlawed (colonial) paper money
- shortage of gold and silver on the colony meant few had means other than paper to buy
- importing more than exporting meant that Americans were always in debt --> law hurt economy further
- Americans take hesitant and uncoordinated opposition to acts
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