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-An unfair tax that required merchants to pay 6 pence per gallon on the importation of molasses; then later went to 3 pence that was collected directly for the crown
-It was a response to the Seven Years War and an attempt to cut off colonial trade with non British holdings

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"there shall, from and after the said twenty ninth day of September one thousand seven hundred and sixty four, be raised, levied, collected, and paid, unto his Majesty, his heirs and successors, for and upon every gallon of melasses or syrups."

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"I can see no reason to doubt but that the imposition of taxes, whether on trade, or on land, or houses, or ships, on real or personal, fixed or floating property, in the colonies, is absolutely irreconcilable with the rights of the Colonists as British subjects, and as men."

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WEBSITE: http://www.teachertube.com George Grenville Prime Minister of Great Britain sings a familiar and catchy tune about the Sugar Act of 1764.