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 The Sugar Act was passed in
1764. The British placed a tax on sugar, wine, and
other important things. The British did this
because they wanted more money; the British wanted
this money to help provide more security for the
colonies. The security was expensive because of the
Indians and fights with foreign powers. The British
also hoped that the act would force colonists to
sell their goods to Britain as opposed to selling
to other countries. The Sugar Act made the people
in the colonies very upset. If they only traded
with Britain, they would not be able to sell their
goods for as much. In addition, they lost money if
they bought they same amount of sugar, wine and
other important things that they did before the
Sugar Act started. The people in the colonies were
worried that Britain would start making them spend
more and more money for their goods through
taxes. Some leaders in the colonies
started to boycott, or to quite buying, British
goods. They told everybody to boycott them as well.
They did that because they thought that the British
would make the prices lower. The colonists became
more united because they opposed the Sugar
Act. |
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