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placed tax in import of rum and molasses from any non-English area
colonist protested the tax -
document to try to make peace with Indians, and forbid colonist to settle west.
thought they were being stripped of their rights to occupy land they had just fought for. -
outlawed importation of foreign rum, put heavy tax on luxury items (wine, silk, coffee)
merchants, legislators, and town meetings protested the law -
required colonist to provide royal troops with provisions and barracks.
colonist thought it was a burden -
required all paper to bear revenue stamps
the colonist formed secret organizations to protest -
allowed Britain to house soldiers in inns, stables, personal houses
colonist were angry and felt it was an invasion of privacy -
asserted to authority of parliament to make laws binding in the colonies
colonist won temporary respite -
taxes were imposed on imported goods.
the colonist were less mad than with the stamp act, but they weren't happy. They made do with what they had -
Colonist started an innocent snowball fight mistaken for a mob, ended in a blood bath of colonist
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Ended all of parliament's Townshend taxes on all items except for tea.
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states the rights and grievances of the colonists.
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The East India company appealed to the British government, and was granted the right to tax all tea exported to the colonies.
Colonist were outraged -
Britain shut off port in Boston, threatening the economy
colonist retaliated by dumping tea over board -
extended boundaries south of Ohio River- they did not have a jury in court/ did not have representative assembly. Threatened colonial expansion/ dominance of catholic church threatened Protestant sects that dominated every colony
colonist didn't like it because it interfered with future plans.