The Sugar Act of 1764 Placed Tariffs and Duties on Goods

question 23

Multiple Choice

The Sugar Act of 1764 placed tariffs and duties on goods imported into the colonies by England. However, its political significance was that

• A) sugar was a vital staple of all colonists and the tariffs made it much more expensive and inaccessible for the average household.
• B) as the first law passed by parliament for the purpose of raising money for England at the expense of the colonies, it opened the debate by the colonists of taxation without representation.
• C) the law created a state of sovereignty in the colonies.
• D) it unified England's alliances with sugar-producing Caribbean island colonies.
• E) it unified alliances between the American colonies and the Caribbean nations that also produced and exported sugar.

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