colonial history, British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian … How did the colonist react to the Sugar Act? Sugar Act, also called Plantation Act or Revenue Act, (1764), in U.S. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and save face….Declaratory Act. However the Sons of Liberty including Samuel Adams, James Otis and John Hancock, saw more taxation coming their way. Many in the colonies celebrated the repeal of the Stamp Act and did not vigorously protest the Declaratory Act.
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