I know it was in the year of 1733 and all of the basics, but I have to write a paper on it and am looking for some details.
2006-10-10 15:01:51 · 3 answers · asked by gayle r 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It actually the Sugar and Molasses Act of 1733. It was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (citation 6 Geo II. c. 13), which imposed a tax of sixpence per gallon on molasses in order to make English products cheaper than those from the French West Indies. Largely opposed by colonists, the tax was rarely paid, and smuggling in order to avoid it was prominent.
2006-10-11 09:29:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What Was The Molasses Act
2016-11-09 01:57:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh! I remember from 8th grade! lol
it was a tax put on sugar and molasses or something like that, the importation of goods-they wanted to stop it by raising prices.
hope that helps!
2006-10-10 15:06:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tax.
Keep in mind that many nations have gone to war over sugar. (So it's been said.) I suppose it's like nowadays, when people say nations go to war over oil.
Does that help?
2006-10-10 15:10:55 · answer #4 · answered by roostershine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2014-03-23 04:37:27 · answer #5 · answered by CHAD 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋