The Townshend Acts
1767
About
Its purpose was to raise taxes in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges.
- Passed by the Parliament of Great Britain
- Its a series of acts
- Named after Charles Townshend
Response
There were many responses to the Townshend Acts but John Dickinson wrote a series of 12 essays entitled "Letter from a Farmer in Pennsylvania".
- The colonists were angry about the taxes
- They felt that the taxes were unconstitutional
- All the uproar eventually led to the Boston Massacre of 1770