Britain vs. Colonies

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Britain vs. Colonies
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Townshend Acts

• Parliament passed law taxing colonists for glass,
  paper, paint, lead, and tea.
• Taxes were low
• Colonists didnt like them

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Writs of Assistance

• Allowed British officials to search a house or
  ship with no reason.

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Acts backfire

• Colonists hated acts
• Started Sons and Daughters of Liberty
• Staged mock hangings
• Signed petitions
• Started boycotts
• What did this do to English merchants?

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• Sam Adams
• John Adams
• Patrick Henry
• Mercy Otis Warren
• Abigail Adams