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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
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gptkbp:affectedArea
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gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:American_Revenue_Act_of_1764
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:George_Grenville
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:Declaration_of_Rights_and_Grievances
Continental Congress debates
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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April 5, 1764
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:enforcedBy
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gptkb:Admiralty_courts
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gptkbp:enteredIntoForce
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September 29, 1764
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gptkbp:imposedDutyOn
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gptkb:café
gptkb:sugar
indigo
textiles
molasses
certain wines
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gptkbp:increasedEnforcementOf
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customs regulations
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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smugglers
merchants
American colonists
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gptkbp:penalty
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forfeiture of goods
trial without jury
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gptkbp:precededBy
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Molasses Act 1733
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gptkbp:purpose
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raise revenue from American colonies
regulate trade
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gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent
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April 5, 1764
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gptkbp:reducedDutyOn
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molasses (from 6 pence to 3 pence per gallon)
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Intolerable_Acts
gptkb:Quartering_Act
gptkb:Townshend_Acts
gptkb:Navigation_Acts
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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1766
Revenue Act 1766
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gptkbp:significance
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first direct tax on American colonies
contributed to American Revolution
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Stamp_Act_1765
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Sugar_and_Molasses_Act_1733
gptkb:An_act_for_the_better_securing_and_encouraging_the_trade_of_his_Majesty's_sugar_colonies_in_America
gptkb:Prime_Ministership_of_George_Grenville
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sugar Act 1764
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