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The Sugar Act of 1764
George Greenville was the British Prime Minister and was in charge of increasing revenue for Great Britain after the French and Indian War. The first act that was passed after the war was the Sugar Act of 1764. Greenville hoped that by lowering the sugar tax, people would have stopped smuggling. However, even though the tax was the same price as what you would pay to smuggle it in, people did not pay it, for they feared that by paying the tax, they were keeping British troops in their quarters.