Equal Protection and Race........................................................................................................ 1839. Overview..............................................................................................................................
Sugar cane plantations in the colonies of the West Indies. The older Sugar and Molasses tax charged the customer a duty of 6 pence per gallon of molasses. The bribe to customs officials per gallon of smuggled molasses was 1.5p. The new Sugar Act lowered the duty to 3p per gallon.
The Sugar Act is an act passed by the British Parliament in 1764.It placed a tax of three cents on sugar that was bought by theAmerican colonists. During the French and Indian â¦ War, Britaincollected a great amount of debt. In order to raise money, theydecided to tax the colonists. The Sugar Act is one of the manytaxes imposed by Parliament.