warrants, or writs of made colonists pay taxes on assistance. They had lost their imported tea, glass, paper, sense of rights over their and other items to pay for property. The other issue was rising military costs due to that housing and supplying the the Quartering Act. Again, soldiers was costly. The colonists boycotted British British response was that the goods. A group of women colonists should pay their called the Daughters of share of the expense of Liberty made their own cloth providing them with the instead of buying British protection from Indian attacks. cloth. By 1770, the protests In addition, the soldiers began worked and Parliament taking jobs at a lower wage repealed most of the taxes, which further outraged but left the tax on tea colonists and increased because the British wanted tension between the colonies and Britain. to show that they still had the power to tax. Anger continued to grow against the British government, and Townsend Acts in protest, the Sons of Information Sheet Liberty continued to use violence and attacked the In 1767, Parliament passed homes of British officials the Townshend Acts which and colonial tax collectors.
warrants, or writs of assistance. They had lost their sense of rights over their property. The other issue was that housing and supplying the soldiers was costly. The British response was that the colonists should pay their share of the expense of providing them with the protection from Indian attacks. In addition, the soldiers began taking jobs at a lower wage which further outraged colonists and increased tension between the colonies and Britain. Townsend Acts Information Sheet In 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts which made colonists pay taxes on imported tea, glass, paper, and other items to pay for rising military costs due to the Quartering Act. Again, colonists boycotted British goods. A group of women called the Daughters of Liberty made their own cloth instead of buying British cloth. By 1770, the protests worked and Parliament repealed most of the taxes, but left the tax on tea because the British wanted to show that they still had the power to tax. Anger continued to grow against the British government, and in protest, the Sons of Liberty continued to use violence and attacked the homes of British officials and colonial tax collectors.
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