Colonial Resistance and Rebellion

a. The Sugar Act

- After the war, Britain had borrowed so much money on warfare that it doubled it dept.

- King George III financed expert to lower dept.,

- George Grenville became prime minister

- Tension between Britain and Massachusetts during french and indian war, the British had cracked down colonial smuggling between French.

- 1761, Mass authorize writs of assistance.

- Whits of assistance a general search warrant that allowed British customs officials to search any colonial ship or building they believed to be holding smuggled goods. Merchants of Boston were outraged

- New Prime minister, noticed they were loosing money on taxes.

- Conclude that smuggled goods into country without paying taxes.

- 1764, enact the law of the Sugar

- Act Sugar Act : Halved the duty on foreign-mode molasses, Lowered taxes on imports by 2/3

- Molasses and other imports that bad been taxed before

- The people who smuggled started by vice-admiratty court, not colonial court.

- Traders feared reduced profit.

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