vocab
parliment
a legislative body a national law making assembly
when did they pass the sugar act
April 5 1754
rum
Distilled spirit made from sugarcane byproducts.
What part of the British government passed the Sugar Act?
The Sugar Act was a law passed by the British parliament of the Thirteen Colonies.
Revised
Of written or printed matter having been altered or corrected.
why did they pass the sugar act
The sugar act served as a revenue past by Great Britain to pay for the Seven Years War. When they did this many items like sugar and other popular goods from that time.
Smuggling
The illegal movement of goods.
American Revenue
Molasses
A thick dark sweet syrup.
why did the sugar act happen
due to the cost of the war, the cost of governing the new territories, and the cost of keeping a standing army in the colonies