Townshend Acts

Navigation Acts, the French and Indian War, Pontiac’s Rebellion and the Proclamation of 1763, the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, the Townshend Act, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts. These are the taxes and regulations that the British placed on the colonists. Soon, the colonists will become angry and feel that these are costing them their rights and opportunities. However, this all started with the Navigation Acts. Paragraph #2 Navigation Acts…

Although Lord Rockingham, the predecessor of Grenville, began to seek the repeal of the Stamp Act, this in no way meant the British Parliament was conceding their control. In fact, while the Stamp Act was repealed another called the Declaratory Act of 1766, gave Parliament the authority to make laws binding the American Colonies, “in all cases whatsoever.” In 1767, George III passed the Townshend Acts to collect taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper and, tea. Recognizing that tea was a…

were the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act. The Sugar Act, also known as the Revenue Act, was created to help enforce the Molasses Act, which…

were often taxed heavily by the British. The British made many acts which allowed the British government to gain money through taxes from the colonist for no specific reason. The Colonist often would…

The Boston Massacre and Tea Party: 1767–1774 Events 1767 Townshend Acts power commitments on stock, suspend the New York gathering 1768 British troops include Boston 1770 Parliament disavows all commitments under the Townshend Acts except for obligation on tea Boston Massacre happens 1773 Boston Tea Party happens 1774 Parliament passes Coercive, or Intolerable, Acts Parliament passes Quebec Act Key People Thomas Hutchinson - Governor of Massachusetts in the midst of right on time…

extremely to the King rebolting to the colonists ' '. All of these had had a high significance to the King of England revolting against the colonists. The French and Indian War, The Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Tea Act, Stamp Act,Townshend Act, Boston Massacre,Boston Tea Party and Intolerable Acts. The Boston Massacre is the most important to the cause of The American Revolution. To began at my first importance would be the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was the most important…

American Indian territory for the time being. The colonists rebelled against Great Britain because they felt their rights were being violated. The Sugar Act took place in 1764. The Sugar Act lowered the tax on molasses in hopes to decrease smuggling. The colonist thought that this act violated their right to tax themselves. As a result of the Sugar Act in 1764 the colonists began to openly protest the British Parliament's intervention in colonial affairs. The colonists were rigid…

Boston had been heading protests against British taxes. Also British soldiers had to live with the colonists. The colonists didn't like the acts that the British were doing. like the Stamp Act and how they were taxed on every piece of printed paper they used. Another act the British did is the Townshend Act.The Townshend Act was when there was a series of Acts named after Charles Townshend.Also the Boston Massacre led up to the American Revolution because It made people mad and wanted to fight…

colonies which caused their debt. To help pay this debt, they placed an act which would help pay to keep the troops in the colonies. This act was called the Stamp Act. This act forced colonists to pay for stamps in order to use any type of paper product. This tax really did not please the colonists considering they now had to pay taxes for paper products and the fact that they did not have any role in the decision of passing this act.…

Quebec Act The Quebec Act made Quebec a place where Catholics could freely worship and it restored the use of French civil law for matters of private law. The reaction of Canadians was mixed and the land-owning were relatively happy about the changes, though most of the populace resented their loss of freedoms. 3. Sugar Act The sugar act attempted to induce importers to buy molasses from Britain and it also further restricted trading between the colonies and other nations. The sugar act put a…