Sugar Act Primary Source Questions
April 5, 1764
A Representation of the Sugar-Cane and the Art of Making Sugar, 1749. Hand-colored engraving from The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure.
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Read the Sugar Act in its entirety here.
- Who can you determine created the Sugar Act? How can you tell?
- Sugar was not the only taxed imported good in the Sugar Act. Name 3 other taxed imported goods.
- What are import ships required to do before departure and upon arrival?
- Most of the writing in the Sugar Act outlines what?
- What were some of the penalties for not following the correct procedures to import goods?
- What can you best determine was the purpose of the Sugar Act?
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