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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 impor ....
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....t British interference
with a colonial legislature.In other ways, British actions again united
American protest. The Board of Customs Commissioners extorted money from
colonial merchants and usedflimsy excuses to justify seizing American
vessels. These actions heightened tensions, which exploded on June 21,
1768, when customs officials seized Boston merchant John Hancock's sloop
Liberty. Thousands of Bostonians rioted, threatening the customs
commissioners' lives and forcing them to flee the cit.... |
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