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.
Colonial Response to the Sugar Act of 1764. Samuel Adams. As a result of the Sugar Act of 1764 and the resulting economic downturn the colonists began to, for the first time, openly protest the British Parliament's intervention in colonial affairs.