The Townshend Acts The Road to Independence Part 8

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The Townshend Acts are a now-infamous group of duties passed by Parliament in June 1767. They levied new taxes on items imported from Britain, which came with significant consequences. Learn more in today’s episode! • 60-Second Civics, Episode 4520: January 14, 2022 • Subscribe and take the Daily Civics Quiz at http://civiced.org/60-second-civics • The show’s theme song is “Complacent” by Cheryl B. Engelhardt. You can find Cheryl online at cbemusic.com. • Credits: • Visual 1 4 (Townshend): https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.2... • Visual 2 (Angry colonists): https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2015/10/31... • Visual 3 (Fine china): gofotograf, Getty Images Signature/Canva • Visual 5 (Daughter of Liberty): https://historyofmassachusetts.org/wh... • Visual 6 (Ship): Currier and Ives, Library of Congress CC0 Images/Canva • Visual 7 (Tea): dungthuyvunguyen/Canva

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