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... Townshend Acts ( 1767 ) . They imposed tariffs on tea and a few manufactured goods , which under the Staple Act could be imported legally only from Britain . Thus its obvious intent was to raise revenue , not regulate trade . Townshend ...
... Townshend Acts ( 1767 ) . They imposed tariffs on tea and a few manufactured goods , which under the Staple Act could be imported legally only from Britain . Thus its obvious intent was to raise revenue , not regulate trade . Townshend ...
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An Anthology and a Review Ronald Forrest Reid. such a conclusion . Yet the Townshend Acts were unwelcome because they were revenue - raising . By the end of 1767 , American merchants were forming Non - Importation Associations to ...
An Anthology and a Review Ronald Forrest Reid. such a conclusion . Yet the Townshend Acts were unwelcome because they were revenue - raising . By the end of 1767 , American merchants were forming Non - Importation Associations to ...
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... Townshend Acts put the economic boycott to a severe test . Merchants who continued importing could prosper at the expense of their boycotting competitors . Violence against these " smuggling merchants " became common , especially in ...
... Townshend Acts put the economic boycott to a severe test . Merchants who continued importing could prosper at the expense of their boycotting competitors . Violence against these " smuggling merchants " became common , especially in ...
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Puritan Preaching and the American | 35 |
Abrahams Offering Up His Son Isaac | 54 |
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God | 65 |
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