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Essay Galaxy - The Townshend Act
The Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts’ repeal of the Stamp Act left Britain's financial
problems unresolved. Parliament had not given up the right to tax the
colonies and in 1767, at the urging of chancellor of the Exchequer Charles
Townshend, it passed the Townshend Acts, which imposed taxes on lead,
glass, tea, paint, and paper that Americans imported from Britain. In an
effort to strengthen its own authority and the power of royal colonial
officials, Parliament, at Townshend's request, also created the American
Board of Customs Commissioners whose members would strictly enforce the
Navigation Acts. Revenue raised by the new tariffs would be used to free
royal officials from financial dependence on colonial assemblies, thus
further encroaching on colonial autonomy. Once again the colonists
protested vigorously.
In December 1767, John....
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