THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
SONS OF LIBERTY RESISTANCE TO THE STAMP ACT AND BRITISH RULE
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Paints
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Glass
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Lead
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Lumber
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Detailed explanation-1: -Townshend Acts. To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
Detailed explanation-2: -All of the Townshend Acts-except for the tax on tea-were repealed in April 1770. The tax on tea would remain a flashpoint and a contributing factor to the Boston Tea Party of 1773, in which angry colonists destroyed an entire shipment of tea in Boston Harbor.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Revenue Act imposed an indirect tax on the Colonies by levying duties on various imported goods, including tea. The legislation also taxed paper, paint, lead and glass, which were not produced in the Colonies. These items could only be procured via importation from Great Britain.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.