The USS Maddox incident, drew the U.S. more directly into the Vietnam War. Which involved <span>two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.</span>
The Sugar Act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon, while Grenville took measures that the duty be strictly enforced.
The Boston Habor was closed and British troops occupied the city