read the passage from sugar changed the world. in 1733, parliament ruled that an extra six cents must be…

read the passage from sugar changed the world. in 1733, parliament ruled that an extra six cents must be added to the price of every gallon of molasses that did not come from an english source. if the colonists actually followed the rules of the molasses act, it would have terrible consequences. molasses from french islands would now be too expensive—merchants could never make a profit. so they would have to turn to the english, who would surely raise their prices. this one law could cripple the entire north american trade with the sugar islands—if, that is, the colonists or the french followed the rules. but of course they did just the opposite. the molasses act accomplished nothing except to make americans better smugglers. yet the act was renewed again and again—until the crucial year of 1763. just as the molasses act was due to expire, england completed which details do the authors include to support the claim in this passage? select three options. an explanation of the results of the seven years war an explanation of how the molasses act benefited colonists an explanation of what was being taxed and how much it cost an explanation of why the americans smuggled molasses an explanation of why the british imposed the sugar act

read the passage from sugar changed the world. in 1733, parliament ruled that an extra six cents must be added to the price of every gallon of molasses that did not come from an english source. if the colonists actually followed the rules of the molasses act, it would have terrible consequences. molasses from french islands would now be too expensive—merchants could never make a profit. so they would have to turn to the english, who would surely raise their prices. this one law could cripple the entire north american trade with the sugar islands—if, that is, the colonists or the french followed the rules. but of course they did just the opposite. the molasses act accomplished nothing except to make americans better smugglers. yet the act was renewed again and again—until the crucial year of 1763. just as the molasses act was due to expire, england completed which details do the authors include to support the claim in this passage? select three options. an explanation of the results of the seven years war an explanation of how the molasses act benefited colonists an explanation of what was being taxed and how much it cost an explanation of why the americans smuggled molasses an explanation of why the british imposed the sugar act

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The passage clearly states what is being taxed (molasses not from an English source) and the tax amount (six cents per gallon). It also explains that if the rules were followed, merchants would face issues leading to Americans smuggling molasses. There is no mention of the results of the Seven - Years' War or how the act benefited colonists or why the British imposed the Sugar Act.

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an explanation of what was being taxed and how much it cost an explanation of why the Americans smuggled molasses