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the sugar act
No, the locally produced sugar is not taxed. But the imported sugar is usually taxed.
A tax charged by the Federal Government on imported sugar.
The American colonies imported sugar with which to distill rum, which became one of their biggest and most important industries.
Sugar tax
however much is imported :)
It is imported by Huge ships across the seas from a range of different places, we also grow some sugar in England and transport it around; but no where near the amount that is imported from different country's
Tea was imported to the colonies. The colonies exported tobacco, lumber, and sugar.
Canada's five major imported items are tea, coffee, oil, fruit, and sugar.
My money
The Sugar Act of 1764 placed tariffs and duties on goods imported into the colonies by England.
The sugar act placed a tax on any foreign imported sugar to america. it angered many colonists.