does any1 know what the Townshend act was?

Question

i need 2 know what the townshend act was, what caused it, what the reaction of the colonists were, and the reaction from the British. can any1 help me? best answer gets 10 points!

Answer 1

Townshend Acts
By. Morgan and Keith
The Townshend Acts were a British trick to cut the British land tax and tax the colonists. The British treasurer Charles Townshend had the idea for the tax and the King liked it.
The Townshend Acts started in June of 1767. The act established a board of customs collectors in Boston. The money collected from these import taxes was used to pay the salaries of the British colonial officials. This made them more independent of the colonial legislatures and more able to enforce the British orders and laws.
It caused the colonists to be angry. The Townshend Acts called for new import taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. In March, 1770, the Townshend Acts were repealed except for the tax on tea.
The Townshend Acts were very unpopular with the colonists, who criticized the Acts and demonstrated in protest in October. The colonists decided to once again boycott all English items.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The Townshend Acts were passed in 1767 by the British Parliament, having been proposed by Charles Townshend, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, just before his death. These laws placed a tax on common products, such as lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea. In contrast to the Stamp Act of 1765, the laws were not a direct tax, but a tax on imports. The Townshend Acts created three new admiralty courts to try Americans who ignored the law.

The Acts led to outrage among the colonists and helped spark the "Liberty" seizure and riots of 1768. Opposition in the 13 colonies was demonstrated with the slogan, "No taxation without representation," originally spoken by James Otis. Smugglers avoided the taxes by importing goods without the taxes and by organizing a boycott of the legitimate imports. Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty of Boston were notable supporters of this boycott. Economic pressure from the boycott caused several entities in Britain to press for repeal. Eventually, John Dickinson (1732-1808) raised support to repeal the Townshend Acts by a series of 12 letters addressing himself as "The Farmer". The only act remaining was the tax on tea.

The three-pence tax on tea was removed in the Tea Act to protect the British East India Company's trade, leading to adverse economic consequences for the American colonists and the Boston Tea Party.

Answer 4

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