The Townshend Act Dbq

The British pushed their colonists to the limit by creating policies that the people did not agree with, which resulted in the colonists rebelling. The Quartering Act of 1765, gave the soldiers permission to take shelter and supplies anywhere in the colonies. The people stated that it was unfair that they weren’t told about this change and that they couldn’t even argue about it. The British were still struggling after passing the policy. Thus, the Townshend Acts in 1767 stated that it placed import duty on items such as glass, paper, tea, and paint. They hoped that it would shorten the number of smuggled goods and increase the money amount. But soon after the British were not taxing enough so the Townshend Acts were repealed. But they didn’t
stop there. The Tea Act of 1773, gave the East Indian Company a trade for tea at a lower price than other tea. The colonies felt that it was more of a bribe to place taxation upon them. “Taxation without Representation” (Historic Tours of America 2016). The people believed they were doing the taxing incorrectly. We were only allowed to buy tea from the British East Indian Company. The Colonists believed the people deserve to be told that they were being taxed for tea. Yet there was no harm done by the Tea Act the colonists called the Acts the Intolerable Acts and they did not agree with any of them. The dumping of the tea resulted in The East Indian Company to close their shipping till they had been repaid for the damage caused. The colonies were against the British being able to rule against them, which led to the Frist Continental Congress which stated that all British good be Boycotted. While all this was occurring, British colonial forces clashed at the Battle of Lexington and Concord, resulting in a victory of battle the colonies began the “Siege of Boston which resulted in the beginning of the American Revolution” (Truman Gemma, 1998).