Why Was the Sugar Act of 1764 a Major Shift

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Essay

Why was the Sugar Act of 1764 a major shift in British colonial policy? How did the colonists respond to the act? Why?

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Definitions:

Parallel Processing

The ability of the brain to simultaneously process incoming stimuli of differing quality, a part of cognitive function that enables efficient multitasking.

Cocktail Party Effect

This describes the human ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as when listening to a single conversation in a crowded room.

Change Blindness

A perceptual phenomenon where a change in a visual stimulus goes unnoticed by the observer.

Sequential Processing

A method of processing information in a linear, ordered manner, where one step follows another in a sequence.