The Townshend Acts applied duties (taxes) to paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea imported by the colonies. Townshend had studied the colonist's distinction between internal and external taxes and he believed his duties were external as none of the products, except tea, could be made in the colonies. The colonists did not agree with his thinking and the result was a colonial boycott against British products. Trade between England and America fell off by 50 percent as a result of the boycott. The British merchants complained to Parliament who repealed the Townshend Duties except the tax on tea. The tea tax was kept in honor of the Declaratory Act. Parliament passed that act to declare that they did have the right to tax the colonies regardless of the American claim of internal or external taxation.
the townshend act was a tax on glass, lead, paper, and tea.
These were some of the items on which duties (taxes) were levied by England on its American colonies.
No the townshend act did not give writs of assistance. The act legalized search warrants, and the rights of people were fringed upon.
1767
the revenue act and the indemnity act
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The Townshend Acts
1982
the townshend act was a tax on glass, lead, paper, and tea.
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The Daughters of Liberty protested the Townshend Act.
Charles Townshend proposed and promoted the Townshend acts
Charles Townshend created them.
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The townshend act.