The Townshend Act
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s’ 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 s, which imposed taxes on lead,
glass, tea, paint, and paper that Americans imp ....
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enslave Americans. The Sons of Liberty organized protests against customs
officials, merchants entered into nonimportation agreements, and the
Daughters of Liberty advocated the nonconsumption of products, such as tea,
taxed by the Townshend Acts. The Massachusetts legislature sent the other
colonies a circular letter condemning the Townshend Acts and calling for a
united American resistance. British officials then ordered the dissolution
of the Massachusetts General Court if it failed t ....
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