The+Townshend+Act

= __**Townshend Act **__  =

The Townshend Acts imposed a series of taxes on all goods imported into the United States. These taxes were instituted for a couple of reasons. First, was the ongoing need to raise revenue. However, more important than the revenue was the desire of the parliament to show they had the right to impose the taxes.

The Townshend Act was an act passed that taxed glass, paint, paper, oil, tea, and lead.

= __**MAPS**__  =

The Townshend Act taxed EVERYTHING that was imported from Britain. It also prohibbited anything from being shipped in or out of the Boston Harbor

= __**TimeLine **__  =

Seeking to defray some of the costs of garrisoning the colonies, Parliament required all legal documents, newspapers and pamphlets required to use watermarked, or 'stamped' paper on which a levy was placed. || Colonial assemblies required to pay for supplies to British garrisons. The New York assembly argued that it could not be forced to comply. || The Virginian assembly refused to comply with the Stamp Act. || Representatives from nine of the thirteen colonies declare the Stamp Act unconstitutional as it was a tax levied without their consent. || Parliament finalises the repeal of the Stamp Act, but declares that it has the right to tax colonies || Duties on tea, glass, lead, paper and paint to help pay for the administration of the colonies, named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. John Dickinson publishes Letter from a Philadelphian Farmer in protest. Colonial assemblies condemn taxation without representation. || [|Extended Timeline]
 * **1765**22 March || **Stamp Act**
 * **1765**15 May || **Quartering Act**
 * **1765**30 May || **Virginian Resolution**
 * **1765**7-25 October || **Stamp Act Congress**
 * **1766**18 March || **Declaratory Act**
 * **1767**29 June || **Townshend Revenue Act (Townshend Duties)**
 * **1768**1 October || **British troops arrive in Boston** in response to political unrest. ||