It was the "oil crisis" that was one major cause of the recession in the United States in the 1970s, since many countries in the Middle East cut prices to manipulate prices. This put a focus on alternative energy sources that continues today.
France and Britain acquired the most colonies in African during their colonial expansion.
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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:
<span>-The taxes were too high.
<span>-The British government did not try very hard to enforce it.</span></span>
