What is Sugar Act?
{{No footnotes}} {{Infobox UK legislation |short_title = The Sugar Act 1764 |parliament = Parliament of Great Britain |year = 1764 |statute_book_chapter = 4 Geo 3 c.15 |introduced_by = [[The Right Honourable|The Rt. Hon.]] [[George Grenville]], [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|MP]]<br/><small>[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] & [[Leader of the House of Commons]]</small> |territorial_extent = [[British America|British America and the British West Indies]] |royal_assent = 5 April 1764 |commencement = 29 September 1764 |repeal_date = 1766 |amendments = None |related_legislation = [[Molasses Act]] |repealing_legislation= [[Revenue Act of 1766|Revenue Act 1766]] |status = Repealed |original_text = |legislation_history = |use_new_UK-LEG = }} The '''Sugar Act''' (1764) was a tax passed by the British to pay for the Seven Years War, called the [[French and Indian War]] in America. It taxed sugar and decreased taxes on [[molasses]] in [[British colonies]] in America and the [[West Indies]]. This restricted [[smuggling]]. It was also a use of [[mercantilism]]. It was one of the first taxes that led to protests in the [[Thirteen Colonies]]. The Sugar and [[Stamp Act]]s were done away with in 1766. The Sugar Act was terrible for the colonial economy. Some people even went as far as to make attempts on the king’s life because they hated the act so much. Most people in 1764, said the British government was borderline insane to enforce this law. This was a petty move by the British monarchy to bully the colonies, too. [[Category:1764]] [[Category:1760s in the Thirteen Colonies]] [[Category:Taxation in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1760s in Great Britain]]