The Molasses Act of 1733 placed high duties on molasses & this potent potable from non-English possessions
[DOC] [TLE] Molasses Act | Great Britain [1733] | Britannica.com [PAR] Apr 23, 2015 ... Molasses Act, (1733), in American colonial history, a British law that imposed a 
tax on molasses, sugar, and rum imported from non-British foreign ... Indian sugar 
growers (in colonialism, Western: The English navigation acts)... [DOC] [TLE] United Kingdom.