Have you ever heard of The Sugar Act? The Sugar Act, also known as the The American Revenue Act was passed on April 5th 1764. The Sugar Act was an extension of the Molasses Act, which was passed in 1733. The Molasses act was set to end in 1763. Because the taxes were not being paid they passed The Sugar Act which put a tax on all sugar products.
They passed The Sugar Act so that the cost for sending and supplying the men protecting the colonists was cheaper. The British wanted it cheaper because they had a huge debt after the French and Indian War and they thought that the colonists had to pay for the war.
The Sugar act was also imposed so that merchants would stop smuggling non-British goods. They lowered the tax on molasses so that merchants would buy molasses from the British instead of smuggling it from other places.In the colonies looked favorably on smugglers that smuggled non-British inventory to America. The sugar act taxed more items but halved the tax on molasses making it more likely to buy from the British rather than smuggling it from other countries.After the sugar act it was much more difficult to smuggle items because the sugar act increased laws against smuggling.
The Sugar Act was not a very smart move by the British but it did lower the tax on molasses.