Molasses Act of 1733, an act passed by the British Parliament. It placed prohibitive duties on sugar, rum, and molasses imported from non-British West Indian islands to the North American colonies. The act would have damaged the economy of New England, but it was never seriously enforced. It was repealed by the Sugar Act of 1764, which outraged the colonists by restricting trade more severely.
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