HIST205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Crispus Attucks, Townshend Acts, Quartering Acts
26 Mar 2017
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Townshend acts: 1767 -1770 : new minister marquess of rockingham king"s cabinet & 1766 parliament repealed. Quartering act & opposition : ny assembly refused enforce british 1765 quartering act furnish shelter & provisions. British army; townshend declared all assemblies" acts null & void until met obligation army & pay royal governors" salaries: ma assembly protested townshend duties since members not represented parliament; royal salaries upset balance people & government. Voices of protest: nonconsumption before the american revolution . Boston meeting nonconsumption agreements boycotting british goods & other towns. 1767 & 1768; new haven ct prohibited buying furniture, hats, clothing, shoes, & iron goods england: home manufacture items hurt british trade; hoped pressure merchants england so press. Parliament repeal duties; imports fell 40%: hard enforce since people not want personally sacrifice consumption material goods; merchants worried nonconsumption hurt prosperity & still imported items; merchants blacklisted newspapers. The role of women in colonial era protest nonconsumption -
