It was the Sugar Act that put a three cent tax ont was the Sugar Act that put a three cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo,and certain kinds of wine. It banned importation important of rum and French wines. These taxes affected only a certain part of the population, but the affected people were very mad, raged, and aggravated. Besides, the taxes were raised without the consent of the colonists. This was one of the first instances in which colonists wanted a say in how much they were taxed.
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