Sugar Act

American  

noun

American History.

1. a law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give British sugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market.

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Example Sentences

Grenville ignored their objections, however, and the Sugar Act began to raise a modest annual revenue of £20,000.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Amid these concerns, the Sugar Act was coming up for renewal in Congress.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2016

Grenville also pushed Parliament to pass the Sugar Act of 1764, which actually lowered duties on British molasses by half, from six pence per gallon to three.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

To give teeth to the 1764 Sugar Act, the law intensified enforcement provisions.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

The Sugar Act actually reduced the Molasses Act tax by half, but this time the British government intended to strongly enforce the new measure.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler