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Why did they claim that the Sugar Act was unjust, and unconstitutional?
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Why did they claim that the Sugar Act was unjust, and unconstitutional?

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Parliament passed 'The Sugar Act of 1764,' levying an import tax on molasses enforced by the admiralty courts. ... The colonists again asserted that the act was an unconstitutional tax, and that it violated English natural rights by trying the colonist without juries.

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