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.
Notably the acts to repeal workchoices and create their new industrial relations system, which was the second item of the new parliament after the apology.
The colonists expected Great Britain to repeal the intolerable acts because the colonists said that they had no representatives in congress. Taxation without representation is unfair, they declared. The tea tax was the next tax put upon the colonists by the British....This, in turn, led to the Boston Tea Party.
because they were losing
The Boston Massacre in 1770 prompted Parliament to repeal most of the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea.
Cause they needed the money so they taxed them.
Trade with the colonies was economically important to Great Britain. The colonists thought the economic implications would be enough for the British Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts.
Colonists expected Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts because they said they had no representatives in congress.
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.
Because the colonists boycotted English goods. The British suffered because of the boycott and most of the acts were repealed in 1770.
Notably the acts to repeal workchoices and create their new industrial relations system, which was the second item of the new parliament after the apology.
after the repeal of the sugar and stamp act in the 1700's.
The townshend acts were repealed because the colonists didn't believe they should be taxed on every little thing.