HIST 15100 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Whiskey Rebellion, United States Senate, United States Constitution

• School: Purdue University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 15100
• Professor: All

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How did they respond: stamp act: was made by the british parliament to the original 13 colonies in which the british tried to make the colonists pay taxes. Many colonists were against the act because they were making large profits from tea smuggling; the act would"ve made east. India company tea much cheaper than smuggled tea, and would therefore have benefitted all colonists- except those making profits through illegal tea smuggling. Led to the tea party, british retaliation, and eventually revolution, which in turn led to the founding of the us: townshend acts: parliamentary measures (named for the chancellor of the. Exchequer) that taxed tea and other commodities, and established a board of. Taxes imposed by the townshend acts were important b/c hey helped to reignite anger in colonies against england. Before, the parliament repealed the stamp tax after heated protests from colonies. In 1767, townshend decided to impose new taxes.