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because they wanted too. they love Britain. comment
Madisyn Hayes
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∙ 14y agoThey opposed it because it was an indirect tax on them. The English would tax the makers of the goods in England, who would then raise the prices of the goods before selling it to the American colonists.
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Why did colonist oppose the stamp act and the townshend acts?
These taxes were examples of taxation of the colonists who had no representation in Parliament.
How did colonist react to townshend acts?
By pooping in their diapers
Why did colonists oppose the stamp acts and the townshend acts?
Because they were sick and tired of paying taxes.
How did the Townshend Acts affect the colonists ability to influence governors?
how did the townshed acts effect the colonist
How did the townshend affect the colonists' ability to influence governors?
how did the townshed acts effect the colonist
What british acts most clearly vilolated the American colonist traditional right to a trial by jury?
Townshend Acts : Plato (:
Why did the colonists protest the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts taxes?
The colonist said that the Britain had no rights to tax them.
Why did the British think the colonist would tolerate the townshend acts when the did not tolerate the stamp act?
in these acts the british leaders tried to avoid some of the promblems the stamp acts caused.
How did colonist respond to townshend acts?
They boycotted the British imports
How did the colonist protest the townsheds act?
One method the Colonists used to protest the Townshend Acts was boycotting British goods. There were riots as well. These acts began in 1767.
Define townsend acts?
The Townshend Acts, The British Government called for new taxes in 1776. SO Parliament passed the Townshend Acts. The Townshend Acts said that the colonist had to pay taxs on all tea, paper, glass, lead, and paint imported from Britain. SO basically the Townshend acts made people pay taxes on certain items, people hated the new taxes and they could not afford them. So The Colonist Buycotted the tea (refused to buy it) Which lead to other events but that was mostly all about the townshend acts taxes boycott which i think it lead to the tea act all taxes where off exept for the tea.
British attempts to tax the colonies with laws like the townshend acts were resisted by the colonist because?
all of these were reasons for colonial resistance
