HIST 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Townshend Acts, Tea Act
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Parliament to townshend and the tory party: unconvinced by the experience with the stamp act, townshend put forward three measures associated with his name to this day, driving them through both. If parliament were content with laying down duties just as a measure of power and right, and had ignored their list, then little would have been known of the. Townshend acts: this provided, however, for strict law enforcement, even harsh ones, this led customs officials to remain and stop smuggling at their posts. It specifically authorized the colonial superior courts to issue "writings of assistance" in the income act of 29 june 1767, allowing customs officers to enter. America in search of self-governance and free houses, who had braved such hardships to establish them, and who were willing to trade without official intervention. In 1755 in massachusetts, the assistance writing was used to prevent illegal trade with canada and at that time had caused violent hostility.
