What was the sugar act of 1764

The sugar act of 1764 is an act that impose tax of sixpence per gallon for molasses and it has never been effectively collected due to colonial resistance and evasion.

The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain in April of 1764. The earlier Molasses Act of 1733, which had imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of molasses, had never been effectively collected due to colonial resistance and evasion.