The focus on selling indulgences became so important because when the Renaissance period came, the church was losing its power, so people were able to freely buy things they wanted, even if they didn't needed them, and to not fear about being charged, beaten up, or even end up dead just because the church didn't thought its appropriate. Also, a very big factor was the fact that the people in this period, in general, had more money than the people in the Middle Ages, so the increased financial power enabled them to buy things that they found interesting but were not necessities.
The sugar act was passed in 1764 and the stamp act was passed later in the year 1765.they were both designed to raise revenue for the British. But the reaction by the colonists to the acts was very different.
Money, resources, soldiers, allies
It unified and increased the power of the national state. It increased the feeling of French nationalism, and it set a precedent for a democratic French government.
