Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts
Townshend Act
The British falsely believed that the colonists had objected to the Stamp Act of 1766 because it was a direct on internal tax. Therefore, they believed colonists would accept external or indirect taxes on imports. The Townshend Acts imposed new duties on products such as tea, lead and paint.
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts of 1767 put taxes on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. The colonists reacted by boycotting the imports, so England eventually repealed the acts, except for the tax on tea. Later, the tax on tea led to the Tea Act of 1773, leading to the Boston Tea Party, and eventually the war.
Townshend Acts
Imports acts
They boycotted the British imports
The Townshend Acts
These were some of the items on which duties (taxes) were levied by England on its American colonies.
The Navigation Acts that were developed by the 18th century restricted shipments to be sent between the colonies and Britain. In general, the colonists despised the acts and smuggling was rampant because they resented the additional duties on products like sugar, tobacco, and molasses.
They were called The Intolerable Acts in America and the Coercive Acts in Britain.