1764

In 1764, Parliament enacted the Sugar Act, which aimed to raise revenue by taxing sugar and molasses imported into the American colonies. This act also included stricter enforcement of trade regulations to combat smuggling, leading to discontent among colonists.

East India Company victorious at the Battle of Buxar and later granted the right to collect revenue in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.

The former slave trader John Newton is ordained into the Church of England and publishes An Authentic Narrative of Some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in which he expresses few reservations about his former career.