jan 1, 1767 - Townshend Acts

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• Seizes control of money from colonial legislatures
• Revenue Act (more taxes)
• Admiralty courts (guilty until proven innocent, no jury of your colonial peers)
• Customs board
• Punishes NY for refusing Quartering Act
• Suspends NY assembly

These policies prompted colonists to take action by boycotting British goods.

"NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!"

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