What did the sugar act tax?

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. read more

The Sugar Act Titled The American Revenue Act of 1764. On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733), which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. read more

The Sugar Act was a law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 that established a tax of three pence per gallon on foreign molasses imported by British colonial subjects. The Sugar Act also established taxes on foreign coffee, sugar, pimiento and select wines, and limited the colonists' ability to export lumber and iron to the French West Indies. read more