Townshend Act Research Paper
Week Two Learning Team Assignment
Team A chose to summarize the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Act of 1767, and Tea Act of 1773. Team A chose these three Acts given their relevance to the Revolutionary War. The Team will discuss concepts that the Team did not understand. Examine the importance and applicability of this week’s concepts to each member and to society in general.
Stamp Act, 1765 Summarized:
The Stamp Act of 1765, enacted by the British Parliament had a profound effect on the America Revolution as well as later American legal and Constitutional writings. In the opening line, The Stamp Act of 1765 provides "...several Duties were granted, continued, and appropriated, to toward defraying the Expenses of defending, protecting, …show more content…
With this, Townshend used to his advantage to raise revenue of imported goods from Britain by adding more and new external duties on goods such as glass, tea, paper and a few other items. However, soon opposition was on its way much like the opposition of the Stamp Act. As part of the opposition, women stopped wearing silk, serving tea and also quit wearing satins as well. Because the Townshend Act was more about revenue than regulation, a well-known lawyer named John Dickinson wrote a series of essays in opposition of the Townshend Act called Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania. Dickinson explained that the colonies had tolerated tax hikes in order for Parliament to regulate trade. However since the premise behind the Townshend Act was not to regulate trade rather to generate more revenue for the Crown, Dickinson considered the Act unconstitutional. The Boston Massacre was soon on its way (Schultz, Chapter 5, …show more content…
The reason this Act was established to help the British East India Company with their financial trouble. This Act granted the company the right to directly ship its tea to North America. The colonies objected to paying the taxes as they had before by boycotting imported tea; they also shut down the Boston Harbor and refused to unload a shipment of tea from an awaiting ship. A group of men called the Sons of Liberty revolted, disguised as Native American Indians and under the guise of night, boarded the ship and dumped the tea into the harbor. This event led to the American Revolution (BRITISH TEA ACT OF
Team A chose to summarize the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Act of 1767, and Tea Act of 1773. Team A chose these three Acts given their relevance to the Revolutionary War. The Team will discuss concepts that the Team did not understand. Examine the importance and applicability of this week’s concepts to each member and to society in general.
Stamp Act, 1765 Summarized:
The Stamp Act of 1765, enacted by the British Parliament had a profound effect on the America Revolution as well as later American legal and Constitutional writings. In the opening line, The Stamp Act of 1765 provides "...several Duties were granted, continued, and appropriated, to toward defraying the Expenses of defending, protecting, …show more content…
With this, Townshend used to his advantage to raise revenue of imported goods from Britain by adding more and new external duties on goods such as glass, tea, paper and a few other items. However, soon opposition was on its way much like the opposition of the Stamp Act. As part of the opposition, women stopped wearing silk, serving tea and also quit wearing satins as well. Because the Townshend Act was more about revenue than regulation, a well-known lawyer named John Dickinson wrote a series of essays in opposition of the Townshend Act called Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania. Dickinson explained that the colonies had tolerated tax hikes in order for Parliament to regulate trade. However since the premise behind the Townshend Act was not to regulate trade rather to generate more revenue for the Crown, Dickinson considered the Act unconstitutional. The Boston Massacre was soon on its way (Schultz, Chapter 5, …show more content…
The reason this Act was established to help the British East India Company with their financial trouble. This Act granted the company the right to directly ship its tea to North America. The colonies objected to paying the taxes as they had before by boycotting imported tea; they also shut down the Boston Harbor and refused to unload a shipment of tea from an awaiting ship. A group of men called the Sons of Liberty revolted, disguised as Native American Indians and under the guise of night, boarded the ship and dumped the tea into the harbor. This event led to the American Revolution (BRITISH TEA ACT OF