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The Molasses Act 1733 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (6 Geo. 2. c. 13) ... — "Molasses Act Text - December 25, 1733". Revolutionary War and Beyond
An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act, passed in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, for repairing and widening the Roads leading from the Town of Kington, in the County of Hereford, through the Welch Hall Lane, as far as the same County extends; and the several Roads leading from Kington aforesaid to ...
The Molasses Act of 1733 imposed a fee of six pence per gallon on foreign molasses. [5] This act was meant to force the colonies into buying molasses from the British or stop producing rum in North America. Many, however, say that the Molasses Act was put in place to destroy New England’s rum industry.
Text of statute as originally enacted; The Navigation Act 1660 ... The Molasses Act was the first of the Sugar Acts. The Act was set to expire in 1763, ...
The Molasses Act imposed taxes on colonial imports of the syrup. In June 1767, the Parliament passed the Townshend Revenue Act, which established new duties on goods such as salt, glass, paper, tea, coal, oil, and lead. The revenues generated from these duties were intended to pay the salaries of colonial governors, judges, and troops.
The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c.
An Act so repeal so much of an Act, made in the Seventh Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act for granting certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America; for allowing a Drawback of the Duties of Customs upon the Exportation from this Kingdom of Coffee and Cocoa Nuts of the Produce of the said Colonies or ...
An Act to explain and amend an Act, made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to enable the Speaker of the House of Commons to issue his Warrants to make out new Writs for the Choice of Members to serve in Parliament in the Room of such Members as shall die during the Recess of Parliament;" and for enabling ...