Molasses, Rum and the Molasses Act (1733–1766)

1. Navigation Acts steer colonial Caribbean trade

   Jan 1, 1660Labels: Navigation Acts, English ports

   • Britannica
   • NCpedia

2. Britain gains asiento and Caribbean trade leverage

   Jan 1, 1713Labels: Asiento, British trade

   • Britannica
   • PortCities

3. Molasses Act passes to protect British planters

   May 17, 1733Labels: Molasses Act, British West

   • Britannica
   • Statutes

4. Molasses Act takes full effect in colonies

   Dec 25, 1733Labels: Molasses Act, colonial ports

   • Encyclopedia
   • Britannica

5. War of Jenkins’ Ear highlights trade enforcement conflict

   Oct 23, 1739Labels: War of, Britain

   • Britannica
   • WarHistory

6. Smuggling expands under weak molasses enforcement

   Jan 1, 1740Labels: Smuggling, colonial merchants

   • Britannica
   • ColonialSociety

7. French and Indian War increases Britain’s revenue needs

   Feb 10, 1763Labels: French and, British government

   • Britannica
   • NPS

8. Sugar Act revises Molasses Act and tightens enforcement

   Apr 5, 1764Labels: Sugar Act, customs administration

   • NPS
   • Britannica

9. Currency Act limits colonial paper money for payments

   Apr 19, 1764Labels: Currency Act, colonial economies

   • Britannica
   • ABT

10. Stamp Act crisis broadens resistance beyond trade duties

    Mar 22, 1765Labels: Stamp Act, colonial protest

    • UK Parliament
    • Britannica

11. Parliament repeals Stamp Act but asserts authority

    Mar 18, 1766Labels: Declaratory Act, Stamp Act

    • UK Parliament
    • Britannica

12. Revenue Act lowers molasses duty, reshaping the dispute

    Jun 6, 1766Labels: Revenue Act, Sugar Act

    • Britannica
    • HathiTrust