Britain partially repealed the Townshend acts on March 5, 1770. The act was fully repealed a month later.
To avoid problems that the stamp act caused, parliment passed the Townshend acts in 1767.
Started 1768
The Boston Massacre in 1770 prompted Parliament to repeal most of the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea.
The Boston Massacre in 1770 prompted Parliament to repeal most of the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea.
The Townshend Acts (1767) were met with resistance in the colonies, prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops in 1768, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770. As a result of widespread protest in the American colonies, Parliament began to partially repeal the Townshend duties.
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program
American boycotts hurt the British economy severely and led Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts.
American boycotts hurt the British economy severely and led Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts.
American boycotts hurt the British economy severely and led Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts.
American boycotts hurt the British economy severely and led Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts.
The townshend acts were repealed because the colonists didn't believe they should be taxed on every little thing.
The Boston Massacre in 1770 prompted Parliament to repeal most of the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea.
The Boston Massacre in 1770 prompted Parliament to repeal most of the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea.
after the repeal of the sugar and stamp act in the 1700's.
The Townshend Acts (1767) were met with resistance in the colonies, prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops in 1768, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770. As a result of widespread protest in the American colonies, Parliament began to partially repeal the Townshend duties.
Townshend Act
To relieve the burden of taxpayers in Britain
Because a newer leader, named Lord North, saw that the British weren't gaining any money from the acts. so early in 1770, he convinced the Parliament to repeal all of the Townshend Acts, except for one, the tax on tea.