The Townshend Acts (Part 5)

Where did imported materials (that were required to be collected from the Townshend Acts law) come from?

Colonies from Britain.

Do you think that the colonists' (Bostonian's) reaction to the seizing of the Liberty was justified?

Absolutely. The British had no right.

Who became involved in the protest of boycotting against the British Goods in response to the Townshend Acts?

American women of every rank in society

Who started another boycott against the British Goods in response to the Townshend Acts?

Boston's Samuel Adams

How would you compare to the reactions of the Townshend Acts with reactions to the Stamp Act?

Both reactions were not in favor of either act. There was protest against both. However, unlike the Stamp Act, many more people such as women got involved protesting against the Townshend Acts.

What did "Redcoats" also refer to?

British Soldiers

As part of the protest again the Townshend acts housewives also boycotted what?

British tea and exchanged recipes for tea made from birch bark and sage

Boston's Samuel Adams did what in response to the Townshend Acts?

Called for another boycott of British Goods

What happened within a year after Parliament repealed (withdrew) the Stamp Act?

Charles Townshend impetuously (rapidly) decided on a new method of gaining revenue from the American Colonies

What happened June 1768?

Conflict against the Townshend Acts intensified. British agents in Boston seized the Liberty

What did Charles Townshend quickly do?

Decided on a new method of gaining revenue from the American Colonies.

Who spoke out against the Townshend Acts and what did they protest?

Educated Americans. "Taxation without Representation"

Why were British Soldiers called "Redcoats"

For the red Jackets they wore in Boston

The customs inspector (part of the british agents) claimed what after seizing (capturing) the Liberty?

Hancock had smuggled in a shipment of wine from Madeira and had failed to pay the customs taxes.

The Townshend Acts were what?

Indirect taxes

Why did the Townshend Acts impose tax on Tea?

It was the most popular drink in the colonies.

Writer Mercy Otis Warren of Massachusetts urged women to do what as part of the protest again the Townshend acts, ?

Lay their British "female ornaments aside," foregoing "feathers, furs, rich sattins and . . . capes."

Who did the Liberty belong to?

Local merchant John Hancock.

What happened in 1767

Parliament passed Charles Townshends proposed revenue law. This was a new method of gaining revenue from the American Colonies

What were spinning bees?

Public displays of spinning and weaving of colonial-made cloth designed to show colonists' determination to boycott British-made cloth.

How did the colonists react to the Townshend Acts?

Rage and well organized resistance.

The seizure of the Liberty triggered what?

Riots against customs agents.

As part of the protest again the Townshend acts wealthy women did what?

Stopped buying British luxuries and joined other women in spinning bees (back then women homespun cloth and other goods. It became a competition called "spinning bees")

The Townshend Acts also imposed a three penny tax on what?

Tea.

As part of the protest again the Townshend acts housewives exchanged recipes of what made from what?

Tea. Birch bark and Sage.

What happened in response to the seizure of the Liberty?

The British stationed 2,000 "redcoats," or British soldiers—so named for the red jackets they wore—in Boston.

How was the Townshend Acts different from the Stamp Act?

The Stamp Acts was a direct Tax. The Townshend Act was an indirect tax

Who was Charles Townshend

The leading government minister a year after parliament repealed the Stamp Act

What kind of duties did The Townshend Acts have?

To levy (collect) on imported materials - glass, lead, paint, and paper- as they came into the colonies from Britain.

What did the customs inspector claim Hancock had failed to do after they had seized (captured) the Liberty?

To pay the customs taxes

Why did the wealthy women have spinning bees?

To show colonists' determination to boycott British-made cloth.

Charles Townshends proposed revenue law became known as what?

Townshend Acts

What did the customs inspector claim Hancock had smuggled after they had seized (captured) the Liberty?

Wind from Madeira

As part of the protest again the Townshend acts, who urged women to lay their British "female ornaments aside," foregoing "feathers, furs, rich sattins and . . . capes."

Writer Mercy Otis Warren of Massachusetts