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What items did the Townshend Acts tax? (name 4)
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Goods imported from Great Britain including glass, paint, paper and tea.
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Why didn’t colonists accept the Townshend Acts?
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they had not voted on them
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What Boston Patriot led the opposition to the Townshend Acts?
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Samuel Adams
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How did the colonists respond to the Townshend Acts?
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they boycotted British goods
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Why were women so important in the boycott?
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women did most of the shopping and could make things instead of buying British products
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Although Lord North embarrassed his supporters by taking naps in Parliament, he was good with ______.
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numbers
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Why did Lord North repeal the Townshend Acts?
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the tax money gained was less than all the money they lost due to the boycott
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Lord North became head of the British government and repealed all the Townshend Acts except for the tax on ______.
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tea
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