... a cargo of rum would travel to Africa in order to be traded for slaves. Then the slaves would be sent to the West Indies and be traded with sugar and molasses, which was taken back to England to be distilled into run. Then the whole thing would start all over again. Every single time a trade took place, a profit would be made ... of trading with the West Indies. Attempting to solve the problem, they discouraged any trade that wasn't with a British source. Molasses, sugar, and rum were not allowed for importing from a non "British source. This action was called the Molasses Act. The Mola...

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... food. If this was true then why shouldn't the colonists be taxed more? These reasons led the enforcement of the Navigations Act, which placed duties on certain products like molasses, rice, naval stores, furs, sugar and tobacco. Also the colonies could only trade with England, from there the English would ... continued westward, this was easy to accomplish, as the English troops were to thinly spaced across the boarder. An act was applied in 1764 called the Sugar Act put taxes on molasses, sugar and a couple of other products this caused protests in new England from the merchants and so...

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... in turn, caused confrontation between the colonists and the English. In 1733 the Molasses Act which placed a prohibitive duty, or tax, on the import of rum and molasses from non-English areas was replaces with the Sugar Act of 1764. The importation of foreign rum was forbidden and put a modest duty on molasses from all sources and levied duties on wines, silks, coffee and many ... other items that were important to the colonist's economy. The Colonists protested against the Act. Short Term Causes In June 1767 the English Parliament decided to cut British land taxes. In order to make up ...

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... or Spanish ships could sell or trade their goods to the colonies and the colonies could not sell raw materials to them. The colonists became very angry as each new act were passed by England but they were able to find loopholes in these acts. Smuggling and piracy became a huge business. Another way was through the Triangle Trade Routes. To trade ... the colonies. Another use of the Triangle Trade Routes were to bring African slaves to the Americas. Colonists traded their products for sugar and molasses in the West Indies. Then the ships carried the sugar and molasses back to the colonie...

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... them and taking advantage of their services. The colonists would put up with this for only so much longer before they would begin to act on their feelings of rebellion. Even though the colonists were fulfilling most of their mercantilist roles, however, not all of the goods ... the country without paying duties. In 1764, he promoted Parliament to enact a law known as the Sugar Act. This act had played three roles: it halved the duty on foreign made molasses, placed duties on certain imports not taxed before, and it strengthened the way a trial would be presented in ... which people wer...

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... new sense of control upset the Americans, but not enough for any major action. Next, in 1764, the Sugar Act was passed, which tightened the sugar and molasses market to British agents. It also put duties on foreign imports to raise revenues. The colonial reaction was the ... first experiments with boycotts of the import. According to Thomas Draper, the colonists initially wanted to return to the way things were prior to 1763, because that had worked in their favor. The following year, the Stamp Act ... and the boycotting of them. By 1770 the Townshend duties were repealed but rifts stil...

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... America, they decided they would also enforce duties on items such as Madeira wine, coffee, molasses, and other products, which came to be known as the Sugar Act. After passing the Sugar Act, Parliament announced it would also be necessary to impose a stamp tax on legal documents and ... fought back. In Boston the Liberty Boys promoted street violence and confrontations with the British army. The colonies also united to pass the Nonimportation Act, which prohibited import from Britain, in hope to hurt them economically. In 1774 the First Continental Congress began session. Twelve coloni...

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... care. They administered many acts of taxation to colonial America. Before the war, Americans bribed the colonial custom officials to avoid the Molasses Act of 1773. Grenville announced intentions of a colonial stamp tax the following year of the Sugar Act in 1764 which would tax New England on any paper documents such as letters to playing cards. While Parliament is making money off ... called themselves the Sons of Liberty demanded the resignation of newly appointed stamp tax collectors. February 1768, the Massachusetts's House of Representatives sent a letter to other assemblies conde...

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