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George Grenville (born October 14, 1712—died November 13, 1770, London, England) was an English politician whose policy of taxing the American colonies, initiated by his Sugar Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765, started the train of events leading to the American Revolution.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sugar Act, in U.S. colonial history, British legislation (1764) aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian War.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Background
- Impact on The Colonies
- Opposition to The Act
- Connection to The Revolution
When Lord George Grenville took over as British prime minister in April 1763, Parliament found itself without the money it needed to protect the foreign colonies while repaying its massive debt from the recently concluded French and Indian Wars. Correctly sensing that the British people had reached their taxpaying limit, Grenville looked to the Ame...
The Sugar Act also imposed new taxes on other imported products, such as wine, coffee, and fabric, and strictly regulated the export of lumber and iron, then the most demanded commodities produced in the colonies. The tax on sugar and molasses, coupled with Britain’s drastic anti-smuggling enforcement methods, greatly harmed the emerging colonial r...
While all but the staunchest British loyalists among the American colonists objected to the Sugar Act, the formal protest against it was led by former British tax collector Samuel Adams and provincial legislative member James Otis, both of Massachusetts. In a paper presented to the Massachusetts assembly in May 1764, Adams denounced the Sugar Act a...
In August 1764, just three months after Samuel Adams and James Otis had published their scathing reports listing the ills of the Sugar Act, several Boston merchants agreed to stop buying non-essential luxury products from Britain. At this time, however, protest to the Sugar Act by the general public had remained limited. That would change drastical...
The Sugar Act 1764 or Sugar Act 1763, also known as the American Revenue Act 1764 or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764.
- 29 September 1764
- 4 Geo. 3. c. 15
- 5 April 1764
- British America and the British West Indies
22 de feb. de 2024 · George Grenville, Prime Minister of Britain (pictured above), proposed the Sugar Act to raise money from the colonies to help pay Britain’s debt and to fund a standing army in Colonial America. Image Source: Wikimedia. Sugar Act Summary. The Sugar Act of 1764 was an act of Parliament that updated and expanded the Molasses Act of 1733.
- Randal Rust
24 de oct. de 2023 · The Sugar Act of 1764, also known as the American Revenue Act, was legislation passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764 to crack down on molasses smuggling in the American colonies and to raise revenue to pay for the colonies' defense.
14 de dic. de 2022 · The Sugar Act was passed by Parliament on April 5, 1764. It marked the first time Parliament levied a tax on the colonies for the purpose of raising revenue. George Grenville was the Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1763. He proposed the Sugar Act. Image Source: Wikipedia.
