The Sugar Act (in French: “law on sugar”) is a law voted by the British Parlement the April 5th 1764. It belongs to long series of decisions causing dissatisfaction with the American colonists and finally with the American Révolution.

Decisions

The Sugar Act is in fact a modification etun renewal of the '' Sugar and Molasses Act '' voted in 1733 and which imposed the payment of a Taxe on the foreign Mélasse S imported in the 13 colonies of North America. Lord Grenville then wished to put an end to the frauds, the Contrebande and the Corruption to make indeed pay these customs taxes . The Sugar Act of 1764 tiny room taxes from 6 to 3 pence the Gallon. However, the text reinforces control and especially extends the taxes to other products that the molasses (sugar, certain wines, coffee, peppers, cambric, Indians) and reinforces the regulation on iron and wood exports. This law falls under the imperial policy followed by Great Britain since the end of the Guerre Seven Year old: it is about a manner of controlling the trade in the colonies and of increasing the incomes of the British Crown. The purpose of this law was also to support the molasses importation coming from British colonies, under the terms of the economic monopoly and of the Mercantilisme then into force.

Consequences

If this law is still a failure, it strongly will penalize the trade of the 13 colonies with the sugar islands of Madeira, of the the Azores, the the Canaries and the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti) and will cause the crisis of the industry of the Rhum in New England. Associated with the Currency Act voted the same year and with the Stamp Act (March 22nd 1765), this law causes the aggravation of the colonists ( G rown off I ndepedance feeling in the G Rand G eorgia S touches). This growing opposition will lead to the American Révolution and the Guerre of Independence starting from 1775.

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