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The Townshend Acts
1767
Your Mission
Parliament passed new taxes on imported goods including glass, paper, paint, and tea. Colonial merchants responded by signing non-importation agreements, promising not to buy British goods.
“The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring and Feathering,” attributed to Philip Dawe, published by Robert Sayer and John Bennett, October 31, 1774.
This British print shows colonial resistance to tax collectors escalating into direct confrontation. The Boston Tea Party is visible in the background.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Public domain.
This British print shows colonial resistance to tax collectors escalating into direct confrontation. The Boston Tea Party is visible in the background.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Public domain.
In the colonies, merchants faced new taxes on glass, paper, paint, and tea. Non-importation agreements became their most powerful tool of resistance.
Your Challenge
If you were a colonial merchant in 1767, would you sign the non-importation agreement? What would you risk? What would you gain?
Record your answer on your notebook paper.
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