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 act also listed more foreign goods to be taxed including sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric and printed calico, and further, regulated the export of lumber and iron.
As far i know <span>by imposing a tax(or tariff if you wanna be fancy) on imported goods. This was to make imported items more expensive than domestically produced ones. A high tax was popular in the north, as protecting American jobs and making northern manufacturers wealthy. It was bitterly resented in the south. The south traded a lot with Europe, particularly France and England.</span>
I pretty sure, it has something to do with sailing conditions, most sailors who went there never returned, violent storms, blah bla <span />
Slaves were seen as lesser people in the populous, in terms of representation, slave numbers were considered 3/5 of what they were, and the issue of slavery was not pushed in the two key debates in fear that it would lead to the Southern states distancing themselves.