Townshend+Acts

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=The Townshend Acts=

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The Townshend Acts were another attempt by Britain to control the colonies in America. These Acts were inacted on June 29, 1767 by Charles Townshend. They enforeced a tax upon: paper, paint, glass, lead, and tea, all of which were common amongst the colonies at the time. This form of inaptitude enraged the colonists and consequently forced them to organize a boycott. When the British caught word of this, they sent British troops directly to Boston to subdue the riot. This event led to what we now know to be called as the The Boston Massacre of 1770. It resulted in five colonial fatalities and only further enraged the colonists. Following the so-called massacre, the Townshend Acts, except that of tea, were repealed. With the ending of the Townshend Acts one would conclude that the worst of the colonie's troubles would be over, but infact things did not get better for them, not right away at least.

The Townshend Acts were merely a kniving British attempt to cut British land taxes and tax the colonists instead.(http://www.alexandriacentral.org/cove/townshend.html). Although the taxes were intended to break the colonists into cooperating with Britain, it only made them realize how much more important independence from Britain truly was. The colonies beleived it to be simply absurd to think a country across a vast ocean could control another on an entirely different continent. Colonial frustration was at an all time high, but this was not enough to cease Britain's taxations. Britain continued with the initiation of the Tea Act and the Coercive Acts

Pre-Revolutionary Control Historical Context