Sugar act

• used to pay the debt from the war
• used to pay the colonies' protection
• increased taxed on sugar,wine coffee
• lowered taxed on molasses by 1/2
• merchants thought it would hurt rum industry, losing jobs
• MI: British rose sugar taxes on colonies to pay off war debts and pay for troops

"No taxation without representation"

1.Magna Carta- support colonists
2.Mayflower compact- supports colonists
3.Samuel Johnson- supports british
4.Virtual representation- supports british
5.British 7 years war debt- support colonists

3. Samuel Johnson ~" No Taxation No Tyranny"
Get the gist~
1. Taxing the colonies
2. They should be taxed because they are part of the crown
3. Colonies will be forced to pay taxes

~This supports the sugar tax because it's saying that colonies should be taxed because they are part of the main land

2MI:Moayflower compact, governing document, plymouth colony was contrract