Question

The sugar act alarmed colonists, in part because it:

a. made sugar, a key consumer good, too expensive.
b. increased the tax on molasses and made rum more expensive to produce.
c. eliminated the admiralty courts, which colonists had long favored.
d. mandated that violators of the act be tried in a court with a jury.
e. threatened the profits of colonial merchants already in economic trouble.

Answer 1

the correct answer is E

e. threatened the profits of colonial merchants already in economic trouble.

the sugar act was a revenue raising act that was passes by the parliament of Great Britain, which sparked a long protracted opposition in the thirteen colonies. it was passed after the French-Indian wars.