sugar act

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Definition von sugar act im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

(1764) British legislation to raise revenue from North American colonies. A revision of the unenforced Molasses Act of 1733, it imposed new duties on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies from non-British Caribbean sources and provided for the seizure of cargoes violating the new rules. The act was the first attempt to recoup from the colonies the expenses of the French and Indian War and the cost of maintaining British troops in North America. The colonists objected to the act as taxation without representation, and some merchants agreed not to import British goods. Protests increased with passage of the Stamp Act

Silbentrennung

sug·ar act

Türkische aussprache

şûgır äkt

Aussprache

/ˈsʜo͝ogər ˈakt/ /ˈʃʊɡɜr ˈækt/