Answer the questions given under each caption:Townshend Act (a) Who i

1.	Answer the questions given under each caption:Townshend Act (a) Who introduced this Act?(b) In which year was this Act passed?(c) Why did the colonists oppose the Act?(d) Why did the merchants of Boston oppose British goods?
Answer» (a) The British Finance Minister Charles Townshend introduced this Act. (b) It was passed in 1767. (c) The colonists opposed this Act as they introduced duties on imports to colonies such as glass, paper, paint, lead and tea. (d) In March 1770, resentment rose in Boston, when troops fired on a crowd. This incident led to intense anti-British propaganda.

Answer the questions given under each caption:Townshend Act (a) Who introduced this Act?(b) In which year was this Act passed?(c) Why did the colonists oppose the Act?(d) Why did the merchants of Boston oppose British goods?

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(a) The British Finance Minister Charles Townshend introduced this Act.

(b) It was passed in 1767.

(c) The colonists opposed this Act as they introduced duties on imports to colonies such as glass, paper, paint, lead and tea.

(d) In March 1770, resentment rose in Boston, when troops fired on a crowd. This incident led to intense anti-British propaganda.