options:
Smugglers supported the tax because it forced merchants to pay.
Smugglers supported the tax because it forced merchants to pay.
It removed the tax on molasses.
It removed the tax on molasses.
It called for more customs officials.
It called for more customs officials.
It enforced existing laws regarding taxes on molasses.
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The option that accurately describes the Sugar Act is:
It enforced existing laws regarding taxes on molasses.
The Sugar Act of 1764 aimed to increase revenue for the British government by strengthening the enforcement of tax laws related to molasses and sugar, which included reducing the tax rate on molasses but vigorously enforcing the collection of it.
False. Georgia was not the only colony to sell the stamps required by the Stamp Act. In fact, the Stamp Act was met with widespread resistance across all the colonies, and while some colonies did sell the stamps, many others boycotted them and created protests against the act.
The correct option is:
Representation in Parliament.
Colonists were angered by the Stamp Act because they argued that they should not be taxed by a Parliament in which they had no representation, famously summarized in the phrase "no taxation without representation."
The correct option is:
The Stamp Act.
The Sons of Liberty were formed as a response to the Stamp Act of 1765, as a group that opposed the Act and organized protests against British taxation and other forms of oppression.
The correct option is:
Boycott.
To refuse to use or buy something as a form of protest is known as a boycott.
