CLEP U.S. History I 025: Townshend Duties, Boston, and Nonimportation
U.S. History to 1877 | Chapter 5 | Lesson 5.4 In 1767, the Townshend Acts placed duties on imported glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. Charles Townshend hoped an “external” duty would avoid objections to the Stamp Act, but revenue would help pay royal officials, potentially freeing them from assembly control. Colonists therefore focused on […]
CLEP U.S. History I 024: Sugar and Stamp Acts and Constitutional Protest
U.S. History to 1877 | Chapter 5 | Lesson 5.3 The Sugar Act of 1764 revised duties on molasses and strengthened customs enforcement. It aimed to collect revenue more effectively, including through vice-admiralty courts without colonial juries. Merchants objected to enforcement and economic burden, but the Stamp Act of 1765 reached a much wider public. […]
