Why was the Sugar Tax in the American Revolution bad to the colonies?

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The Sugar Act placed a tax on molasses, sugar, and other products imported into the American colonies from places outside the British Empire. A similar law, called the Molasses Act, had been passed in 1733, but the people had not obeyed for two reasons:

-The taxes were too high.
-The British government did not try very hard to enforce it.

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