Molasses Act

Molasses Act in United Kingdom

Summary of Molasses Act: (1733)

In relation to the legal history of the United States and the United Kingdom: A British law that imposed a tax on sugar, molasses, and rum imported from non-British colonies into North American colonies. It was intended to maintain the monopoly of the American sugar market by the West Indies sugarcane growers. It was the least successful of the Navigation Acts, since it was avoided by smuggling.

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  • International Treaties
  • Multilateral Treaties

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