American Revenue Act Of 1764
On april 5 1764 parliament passed a modified version of the sugar and molasses act 1733 which was about to expire.
American revenue act of 1764. Under the molasses act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. The american revenue act of 1764 so called sugar act was a law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties. Sugar act also called plantation act or revenue act 1764 in u s. It was passed by the british parliament in april 1764 to raise funds.
The sugar act was referred to as the american revenue act which was also american duties act. Colonial history british legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the french and dutch west indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged british empire responsibilities following the french and indian war actually a reinvigoration of the largely ineffective molasses act of.