Sugar Act 1764

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The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British revenue-raising law that tightened customs enforcement and imposed duties on sugar and molasses in the American colonies, contributing to growing colonial resentment before the American Revolution.

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Generate an image of the Sugar Act 1764 (The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British revenue-raising law that tightened customs enforcement and imposed duties on sugar and molasses in the American colonies, contributing to growing colonial resentment before the American Revolution.)

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Sugar Act 1764 canonical 9
Sugar Act 2
Sugar Act of 1764 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
British revenue act ⓘ
colonial trade law ⓘ
appliedTo British American colonies ⓘ
linked to: British America

New England colonies ⓘ
authorized vice-admiralty courts without juries ⓘ
contributedTo colonial resentment toward British taxation ⓘ
ideological origins of the American Revolution ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
criticizedBy James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Massachusetts colonial assembly ⓘ
Samuel Adams ⓘ
criticizedFor taxation without representation ⓘ
dateEnacted 1764-04-05 ⓘ
fiscalPurpose raise revenue from American colonies ⓘ
reduce British national debt after Seven Years' War ⓘ
hasOfficialName American Revenue Act of 1764 ⓘ
linked to: Sugar Act 1764
hasShortName Sugar Act ⓘ
linked to: Sugar Act 1764
historicalPeriod prelude to the American Revolution ⓘ
imposedDutyOn cambric ⓘ
certain wines ⓘ
coffee ⓘ
foreign rum ⓘ
indigo ⓘ
molasses ⓘ
pimento ⓘ
printed calicoes ⓘ
sugar ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
introducedConcept taxation for revenue rather than regulation ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
majorImpactOn New England rum industry ⓘ
colonial shipping ⓘ
triangular trade ⓘ
partOf British imperial reforms after Seven Years' War ⓘ
policyGoal regulate trade with French and Spanish West Indies ⓘ
tighten customs enforcement in American colonies ⓘ
precededBy Molasses Act 1733 ⓘ
reducedDutyRateOn foreign molasses ⓘ
foreign sugar ⓘ
relatedTo Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
Townshend Acts ⓘ
repealed 1766 ⓘ
repealedBy Revenue Act 1766 ⓘ
restricted colonial trade with non-British Caribbean colonies ⓘ
signedBy King George III ⓘ
strengthened customs enforcement mechanisms ⓘ
tookEffectOn 1764-09-29 ⓘ
yearEnacted 1764 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stamp Act 1765 → follows → Sugar Act 1764 ⓘ
Sugar Act 1764 → hasOfficialName → American Revenue Act of 1764 ⓘ
linked to: Sugar Act 1764
Sugar Act 1764 → hasShortName → Sugar Act ⓘ
linked to: Sugar Act 1764
George Grenville → notableWork → Sugar Act 1764 ⓘ
George Grenville → notableWork → American Duties Act 1764 ⓘ
linked to: Sugar Act 1764
Navigation Acts (England) → reformedBy → Sugar Act 1764 ⓘ
New England rum industry → affectedBy → Sugar Act of 1764 ⓘ
linked to: Sugar Act 1764
Revenue Act 1766 → follows → Sugar Act 1764 ⓘ
Molasses Act 1733 → followedBy → Sugar Act 1764 ⓘ
Molasses Act 1733 → replacedBy → Sugar Act 1764 ⓘ
Declaration of Rights and Grievances → opposed → Sugar Act ⓘ
linked to: Sugar Act 1764
British Navigation Acts → significantEvent → Sugar Act of 1764 ⓘ
linked to: Sugar Act 1764
British Navigation Acts → hasPart → Sugar Act 1764 ⓘ