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AP U.S. History Exam 1.7. Over time, how did the trade shown in the image impact the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies?
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AP U.S. History 2.2 Period 2: 1690-1754. In general, taxes levied on the colonists like the Sugar Act...what?
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[ musical flourish ]
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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by tax evasion,
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hide and seek for accountants. Really.
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All right, here's the excerpt.
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[ mumbles ]
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[ mumbling continues ]
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All right. And the question:
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In general, taxes levied on the colonists
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like the Sugar Act... what?
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And here are your potential sweet, sweet answers.
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[ pouring ]
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Okay. Ever heard the phrase
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"no taxation without representation?"
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Well, that all started with the Sugar Act.
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Colonists really didn't wanna pay taxes if they didn't have a voice in their government.
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So, as you might imagine, things started to get a little sticky.
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So did the Sugar Act
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A - succeed in generating additional revenue for Great Britain?
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Well, people were pretty miffed about the tax on sugar.
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So much so that they refused to pay it.
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Honestly, the whole thing was a huge failure.
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Sort of like Crystal Pepsi.
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Uh, what's Crystal Pepsi you ask? Exactly. Ask your parents.
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It was around for 15 seconds.
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So it's not A. And we can also eliminate B,
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because we already figured out the Sugar Act
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was nowhere near a success.
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So did taxes like the Sugar Act C -
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fail because the taxed goods were
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considered luxuries and were in low demand?
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Well, these taxes were put on sugar, tea, stamps,
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the staples of everyday life.
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So you better believe people were up in arms
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when the things they most needed
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became a whole lot more expensive.
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So it's not C.
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That must mean the Sugar Act
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D - failed because colonists ignored the Act
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and instead smuggled taxed goods into America.
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You bet it did.
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People didn't wanna pay taxes on sugar, so they either
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flat-out refused to
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or they snuck sugar into the country
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illegally, getting that sweet fix however they could.
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So D is the right answer.
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[ groan ]
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