Molasses Act in the United States

Introduction to Molasses Act: (1733)

In the context of the legal history: 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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See Also

• International Treaties
• Multilateral Treaties