The Townshend Act (jun 29, 1767 – may 13, 1773)
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The Townshend Acts were met with resistance in the colonies, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770. The Townshend Acts placed an indirect tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. These goods were not produced within the colonies and had to be imported from Britain.
-A series of taxes that the British levied against the colonies to prove a point that they're still in charge. (Brits are in control).
-After a few years they finally brought it up enough that they came across the Tea Act.
-It was basically a tax on life for everyone, because everyone drank tea.
-They were so riled up that they dressed up as Mohawk Indians and went to the harbor and dumped a lot of tea into the harbor.
-They thought this would show the Brits but it then resulted in the Intolerable Acts.
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