Thesis
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government. Parliament and the King of England taxed the American colonists on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. The acts were named after Charles Townshend, a member of the British Parliament who proposed the acts in 1767. The Townshend Acts were different from some of the other taxes the British had imposed on the American colonists because unlike the Stamp Act, it taxed them directly. It led to the Boston Tea Party and the Sons of Liberty, an important event and an important group that influenced the rebellion against the British government.
Being taxed by the King of England and Parliament through the Townshend Acts inflamed the colonists' anger, reaffirmed the authority of England over the colonists, and caused the establishment of the Sons of Liberty.
Being taxed by the King of England and Parliament through the Townshend Acts inflamed the colonists' anger, reaffirmed the authority of England over the colonists, and caused the establishment of the Sons of Liberty.