Townshend Acts

Dickinson's Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania

Non-importation agreement, dated October 1767, signed by Bostonians including Paul Revere

Paul Revere's engraving of British troops landing in Boston in 1768.

The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed — beginning in 1767 — by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program. Historians vary slightly in which acts they include under the heading "Townshend Acts", but five acts are often mentioned: the Revenue Act of 1767, the Indemnity Act (1767), the Commissioners of Customs Act (1767), the Vice Admiralty Court Act (1768), and the New York Restraining Act (1767). The purpose of the Townshend Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would remain loyal to Great Britain, to create a more effective means of enforcing compliance with trade regulations, to punish the province of New York for failing to comply with the 1765 Quartering Act, and to establish the precedent that the British Parliament had the right to tax the colonies. The Townshend Acts (1767) were met with resistance in the colonies, prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops in 1768, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770.

单词	Townshend Acts
释义	Townshend Acts 原声例句 VOA Special 2013年6月合集 It said the Townshend Acts violated the colonists' natural and constitutional rights. 它说，汤森德法案侵犯了殖民者的自然权利和宪法权利。 VOA Special 2013年6月合集 In seventeen sixty-seven, Parliament approved a series of new taxes called the Townshend Acts. 17 世纪 67 年代，议会批准了一系列新税收，称为汤森法案。美国历史 In the very month that Townshend's Acts were signed by the king, Parliament took a still more drastic step. ——就在国王签署汤森德法案的那个月，议会采取了更加激烈的措施。人物档案 In 1767 the Townshend Acts, named after the British Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time, levied duties on paint, lead, glass, paper, and tea. 1767 年，《汤森法案》以当时的英国财政大臣的名字命名，对油漆、铅、玻璃、纸张和茶叶征收关税。世界史 Crash Course But, in the end, this only emboldened the colonists when the British tried to put new taxes on the Americans in the form of the Townshend Acts. 但是，最终，当英国人试图以汤森法案的形式对美国人征收新税时，这只会鼓励殖民者。美国历史 Had Parliament been content with laying duties, just as a manifestation of power and right, and neglected their collection, perhaps little would have been heard of the Townshend Acts. ——如果议会只满足于作为权力和权利的体现的普通职责，而忽略了它们的征集，那么汤森法案可能就鲜为人知了。英语百科 Townshend Acts The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed — beginning in 1767 — by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program. Historians vary slightly in which acts they include under the heading "Townshend Acts", but five acts are often mentioned: the Revenue Act of 1767, the Indemnity Act (1767), the Commissioners of Customs Act (1767), the Vice Admiralty Court Act (1768), and the New York Restraining Act (1767). The purpose of the Townshend Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would remain loyal to Great Britain, to create a more effective means of enforcing compliance with trade regulations, to punish the province of New York for failing to comply with the 1765 Quartering Act, and to establish the precedent that the British Parliament had the right to tax the colonies. The Townshend Acts (1767) were met with resistance in the colonies, prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops in 1768, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770.
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