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Stamp Act
Put in place after the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766... These duties were A LOT more and more harsh. -
People Involved
Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend put the series of Townshend Acts into place. -
People Involved
The British King (George III) -
People Involved
John Dickinson. The Townshend Acts struck people into anger. One lawyer from Pennsylvania, John Dickinson, wrote a series of 12 essays, which became very popular at the time, speaking out against the acts. These essays were signed as "A Farmer from Pennsylvania." -
What was it?
The Townshend Acts of 1767 imposed duties/taxes on glass, paint, tea, paper, and lead imported into the colonies.Townshend hoped it would lower imperial expenses in the colonies. -
Where?
Taxed the colonists in the US -
Colonists angry.
Americans felt like the tax was an abuse of power and led to boycotts in the near future. -
Why were the duties put in place?
They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Also British didn't have enough money to supply their own people from the other war that just happened. -
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Leading to the Boston Tea Party...
In Britain, Parliament repealed all of the Acts except the tax on tea, leading to a temporary truce between the two sides in years before the American Revolution. (Boston Tea Party)
