... the colonists did not mind this act. In 1764, Greenville passed his Sugar act, which signaled new imperial control over the colonies by the British parliament. Also known as the Molasses act, the parliament passed this act to impose restrictions on sugar and molasses entering the colonies. These acts ... were passed to ensure profitable commerce and also to increase the revenue. This act, similar to the Navigation act, was that it was an ... external tax, which did not directly affect the colonists. The colonists, for the most part, before the Proclamation act ... of the royal crown. Th...

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... of the criminals partaking in such acts. The second of these steps was to "secure British markets for British planters" by extending upon the "Molasses Act" of 1733 whereby the taxes upon harvests from the Sugar Colonies (Jamaica and Barbados) were to be halved and heavily enforced so as to ... an old way of raising revenue, in the colonies would be to tax certain items upon their arrival in colonial ports and harbours. The "Townshend Act" or "Townshend Duties" were introduced in 1767 and saw taxes being placed by the British onto numerous imports into New England. The Townshend Duties ...

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... of the criminals partaking in such acts. The second of these steps was to "secure British markets for British planters" by extending upon the "Molasses Act" of 1733 whereby the taxes upon harvests from the Sugar Colonies (Jamaica and Barbados) were to be halved and heavily enforced so as to ... an old way of raising revenue, in the colonies would be to tax certain items upon their arrival in colonial ports and harbours. The "Townshend Act" or "Townshend Duties" were introduced in 1767 and saw taxes being placed by the British onto numerous imports into New England. The Townshend Duties ...

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... relations. In 1764, Britain passed a law known as the Currency Act, preventing the colonies to print and use their own money. These and several other laws including the Sugar Act which imposed a taxes on American commodities such as sugar, molasses, textiles, coffee and indigo, were passed to tighten the English reign ... on the colonies. This made them very unpopular towards the colonists causing many of them to defy laws. However, the one law that really exasperated the colonists was the Stamp Act of 1765, which ... even more resulting in them taunting the British troops. The final re...

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