The Sugar Act happened in 1764 in which the British Parliaments planed to get colonist to pay more taxes using a method called "Taxation Without Representation" so the colonist couldn't speak out against it. This was a major problem for people like George Washington who was one of the largest whiskey brewers in the colonies and whiskey needs sugar. The first person to take a stand against this act was James Otis. The "Acts" actually lowered the taxes by almost 50%, but the colonists were mad because they could no longer smuggle or get out of the taxes anymore, they were enforced.
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