Sugar Act, also called Plantation Act or Revenue Act, (1764), in U.S. colonial history, British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian
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in many ways
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starting from language ,mix of cultures, people fought for the freedom that we have today, inventions that we use till this day for example Thomas Edison wo invented the lightning bulb
The use of check and balances.
The government had agreed to stop funding Shinto, which those they made the treaty with hoped this would take power away from the Emperor. So Shinto became more of a culture thing instead of a religious thing.