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Causes Of The Sugar Act Of 1765

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By 1765, there was quite a bit of tension between the American colonies and the mother country, England. The Sugar Act (Goldfield, the American Journey, 123) had left a sour taste of distrust in England in the mouths of the colonials. They were now told who they could trade with and how much and felt restricted by the King, who lived an entire ocean away. This led to stirrings of rebellion, and in an effort to stop that, Britain attempted (and succeeded in some cases) to pass a string of new laws, or Acts, to corral the colonials into submission. The first Act was the Stamp Act of 1765. This Act required that the colonists would pay an additional tax on all legal documents purchased, from playing cards to newspapers in an effort to pay off

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