All of the Following Are True About the Revenue Act

question 71

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about the Revenue Act of 1766 except that

• A)it reduced the duty on molasses.
• B)it was clearly a revenue measure.
• C)it generated more income for the empire than any other colonial tax.
• D)it applied only to foreign molasses imported into the mainland.
• E)few colonists attacked it for violating the principle of no taxation without representation.

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