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Long title: An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in Africa, for continuing, amending, and making perpetual, an act in the sixth year of the reign of his late majesty King George the Second, (initituled, An act for the better securing and encouraging the trade of his Majesty's sugar colonies in America) for applying the produce of such duties, and of the ...
The Sugar Act 1764 established a so-called 'super' Vice-Admiralty Court in Halifax, Nova Scotia, presided over by a Crown-appointed judge, the first of which was British jurist and the later Governor of Barbados Dr. William Spry. The court was to have jurisdiction over all of America, with the legislation empowering customs officials to take ...
An Act to amend and render more effectual so much of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for amending and widening the Road from the Market House in Stourbridge to Colly Gate in Cradley, and from Pedmore to Holly Hall, and from Colly Gate to Halesowen, and from the Turnpike Road on Dudley Wood to Rednal Green in ...
Stricter enforcement under the Sugar Act 1764 became one source of resentment among merchants in the American colonies towards Great Britain. This, in turn, helped push the American colonies to rebel in the late 18th century, even though the consensus view among modern economic historians and economists is that the "costs imposed on [American ...
5 April – Parliament passes the Sugar Act. [3] 19 April – the Currency Act passed which prohibits the American colonies from issuing paper currency of any form. [2] 23 April – Mozart family grand tour: 8-year-old W. A. Mozart settles in London for a year [4] where he composes his Symphony No. 1.
However, the British were saddled with huge debts following the French and Indian War. As much of the British debt had been generated by the defense of the colonies, British leaders felt that the colonies should contribute more funds, and they began imposing taxes such as the Sugar Act 1764. [96]
In 1764 Parliament passed the Sugar Act, decreasing the existing customs duties on sugar and molasses but providing stricter measures of enforcement and collection. That same year, Grenville proposed direct taxes on the colonies to raise revenue, but he delayed action to see whether the colonies would propose some way to raise the revenue ...
After the Sugar Act 1764 was instated, exports fell in the coming years, according to records. On the other hand, mainland rum production rose during those years. The Sugar Act 1764 was later repealed by the Revenue Act 1766, and a penny-per-gallon tax was placed on British and foreign molasses imports. This law marked the first large-scale ...