USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the name of the tax that was placed on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea?
A
Navigation Act
B
Stamp Act
C
Quartering Act
D
Townshend Act
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is option 1, i.e. Townshend Act. Townshend Acts were passed by the British Parliament in 1767. These acts placed tax on a number of essential goods such as glass, paper, and paint.

Detailed explanation-2: -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. Nonimportation. In response to new taxes, the colonies again decided to discourage the purchase of British imports.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Townshend Acts, named after Charles Townshend, British chancellor of the Exchequer, imposed duties on British china, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported to the colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -This Act imposed direct revenue duties on imported lead, glass paper, paint, and tea and also punished smugglers through “Writs of assistance."

Detailed explanation-5: -The Stamp Act of 1765 was ratified by the British parliament under King George III. It imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in England.

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