Why did american merchants resent the sugar act even though it reduced the tariff on french molasses?

Many merchants smuggled French molasses and had never paid the duty. In 1764, Parliament first tried to tax colonists. It changed the 1733 Molasses Act into a new law called the Sugar Act. This law amplified the number of customs agents. It also increased the consequences for smuggling, though it lowered the duty on molasses. By catching more smugglers, Britain helped to make merchants pay the duty. 

donald carl johanson (born june 28, 1943) is an american paleoanthropologist. he is known for discovering – with yves coppens and maurice taieb – the fossil of a female hominin australopithecine known as "lucy" in the afar triangle region of hadar, ethiopia.

hope this !

i googled "who was kolson johanson" and this is the answer i found.

sorry if this is incorrect.