Act/event
british parliament's p. o.v.
american colonists' p. o.v.
townsend act britain still needed money to pay american colonists continued to
(1767): this law put for the french and indian war. protest by boycotting all the
a new tax on also, parliament wanted to use goods that britain taxed. they
imports (goods from tax money to pay the salaries of also continued to smuggle
other countries) like british government officials in untaxed goods into america.
glass, paint, paper, america. before, colonial they thought the townsend act
and tea
governments paid the officials' was dangerous economically
salaries and therefore had power (because of the tax on imports)
over them
and politically (now colonial
governments did not have
power over english officials in
america).
who was right? justify your answer! american colonists they