The Revenue Act 1767 It placed taxes on glass, lead, painters’ colors, paper, and tea. It gave customs officials broad authority to enforce the taxes and punish smugglers through the use of “writs of assistance”, general warrants that could be used to search private property for smuggled goods.
Q. What did the Townshend Acts of 1767 tax?
Townshend Duties 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.
Table of Contents
- Q. What did the Townshend Acts of 1767 tax?
- Q. What was the primary purpose of the Townshend Act of 1767?
- Q. Was the Townshend Act a direct tax?
- Q. Who is the despot that the colonists were referring to?
- Q. When can a government be changed?
- Q. Why did the First Continental Congress send the declaration of rights to King?
Q. What was the primary purpose of the Townshend Act of 1767?
The Townshend Acts, passed in 1767 and 1768, were designed to raise revenue for the British Empire by taxing its North American colonies. They were met with widespread protest in the colonies, especially among merchants in Boston.
Q. Was the Townshend Act a direct tax?
The second act, often called the Townshend duties or the Revenue Act, imposed direct revenue duties—that is, duties aimed not merely at regulating trade but at putting money into the British treasury. These were payable at colonial ports and fell on lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea.
Q. Who is the despot that the colonists were referring to?
The Declaration of Independence
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the “despot” that the colonies were complaining about | King |
| What was the King’s goal for the colonies | to create an absolute tyranny over the colonies |
| What word shows that the colonies have put with up with several of the King’s wrong doings | repeated |
Q. When can a government be changed?
–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on …
Q. Why did the First Continental Congress send the declaration of rights to King?
The First Continental Congress was a gathering of colonial leaders. Why did the First Continental Congress send the Declaration of Rights to the king? They did it to tell him what the colonists wanted. He didn`t think they had the right to protest.
