George Grenville Designed the Sugar Act of 1764 to Accomplish

question 27

Multiple Choice

George Grenville designed the Sugar Act of 1764 to accomplish which of the following?

• A) Improve colonial merchants' compliance with customs laws
• B) Increase the tax rate on American sugar imports
• C) Prohibit colonists from importing molasses from the West Indies
• D) Shut down the production and sale of rum in the American colonies

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