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Question 4

5 pts
What were the Townshend Acts?
o Duties placed on a wide range of imported goods and it also allowed British officials to search any business/home for proof
that duty had been paid.
O A collection of unfair laws from the Britain forcing colonists to pay taxes on teas.
Also called the Intolerable Acts, these laws included violating colonists rights which were meant to force them into
submission.
They were a series of laws meant to encourage smuggling which was a source of revenue (income) for the king.

Answer 1

The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power. The British sent troops to America to enforce the unpopular new laws, further heightening tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies in the run-up to the American Revolutionary War.

Explanation:

A collection of unfair laws from the Britain forcing colonists to pay taxes on teas.