Links of Interest:
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King George III, British Monarch over
American Colonies
American Duties Act (The Sugar Act)
Source: Barbier, Brooke. Boston in the
American Revolution: A Town Versus an Empire.
Charleston: The History Press, 2017.
British Prime Minister George Grenville proposed
to Parliament a three penny tax on foreign
molasses in the American Colonies, which passed
in 1764. "Under the new law, the British Navy
was now empowered to seize any ship believed to
skirt paying its taxes. A portion of the
contraband went to the customs officer who
seized the haul greatly incentivizing them to
capture more ships (Barbier, 23)."
Boston had twenty rum distilleries in the
two-mile town. "The Sugar Act would impact
Massachusetts more than other colonies."
Bostonians wrote letters to Parliament (Barbier,
24).
- Education:
College of Rhode Island, now Brown
University Founded
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