What Did the British Hope to Achieve by Passing the Sugar

question 3

Multiple Choice

What did the British hope to achieve by passing the Sugar Act and similar laws beginning in 1764?

• A)service the national debt
• B)reduce colonists' food imports
• C)end colonists' smuggling
• D)assert Parliament's power over the colonies
• E)increase colonists' consumption of British food

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