Townshend Acts

the Boston Harbor and dumb overboard 342 chests filled with 42 tons of tea. The Boston Tea party pushed British officials to the breaking point. The destruction of so much valuable tea led to a forceful response. The Coercive Acts were in affect in 1774. The Boston Port Act closed the Boston Harbor until the tea was completely paid for. The First Continental Congress was assembled in 1774. Thousands of ordinary people began to boycott British goods. Lexington and Concord happened in 1775. Both…

The American Revolution, fought from 1775 until 1783, was a turning point in American history which gave us our independence from Great Britain. Was this conflict beneficial to the American Colonies, or would it have been better to remain loyal to the crown? We will attempt to provide a number of logical illustrations both for and against revolution allowing for the reader to make an informed opinion. One of the primary causes and foremost reason for the American Revolution was the unfair or…

that the colonist pay duties for doubling in size and seizing massive control over valuable resources. In addition, England passed numerous Acts to gain money from the colonist. At first, Parliament passed the Stamp Act of 1765; however, this act was later repealed due to the heavy protest and hostile acts of the colonial settlers. The repeal of the Stamp Act was a slap in the face toward Parliament. England was viewed as a major military power, and now was being told what to do by a…

France such as the French and Indian War. The British attitude was basically “ we fought the French and Indian War for the colonies, now its time for the colonist to pay up.” Starting with the Proclamation of 1763 and ending with the Coercive Acts these acts gave fuel to the fire that was to become the revolutionary war and the founding fathers issuing the Declaration of Independence. The Proclamation…

American Independent War. In the year of 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which were laws that put taxes on products which imported into the American colonies. The Britain thinks that they could take more money off from the American colonies and gain control on them, they made a law which allowing the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies, bypassing the colonial shippers and merchants. This act undercut the business of colonial merchants.…

an engraving that portrayed the riot as a true massacre and fueled the Bostonian, and American feelings towards the British. After the Boston Massacre, Britain repealed all of the Townshend Acts, except for the tax on tea. In addition to leaving the tax on tea, Pariliament passed the Tea Act of 1770. This act, in short, allowed the East India Company to sell their tea, without being taxed, to Americas. This was a despereate attempt by Britain to get money from the colonists. This tax was…

parliament repealed most of the Townshend Acts.These acts were an external tax that charged colonists a tariff for importing manufactured good into the U.S. This caused the colonists to become upset since they had no representation, and were still being forced to pay these tariffs. The rivalry between Great Britain caused more tension towards this situation. Great Britain sent British troops to Boston in order to maintain order and continue to enforce the Townshend Acts. By the beginning of the…

decided to tax the colonists to raise money, the colonies had grown even more angry. The Stamp Act for example, required colonists only in North America, to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac. This made many colonists angry since only North America had gotten taxed, and not any other colonies Britain had power over got taxed. Secondly, the Sugar Act, was a trade in law enacted by parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling…

(Document K). This led to more revolt, such as the Boston Massacre and the Boston tea party. The Boston massacre really sparked up anger in the colonies because of the light punishment given to the soldiers who shot the civilians (Document D). When the Tea Act was passed, all the pent up emotions of the colonists were revived, the Boston Tea party was very important to the start of the revolution. The Relationship changes between England and the American colonist’s quickly elevated after the…

There are many things that lead up to the Revolution such as the Stamp Act, Tea Act and other various events. The Stamp Act was made by Parliament, March 22, 1765. The new tax was forced on every American and was required them to pay a tax on every copy of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. The money gathered by the Stamp Act was to be put toward to help pay the costs of defending and protecting…