What is the greatest grievance that john hancock had against the rule of the british crown?
imposing british governors in the colonies
taxation without representation
the housing and quartering of troops
the constraints against freedom of religion

the sugar act, also known as the american revenue act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the british parliament of great britain in april of 1764. the earlier molasses act of 1733, which had imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of molasses, had never been effectively collected due to colonial resistance and evasion.