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The Townshend Act had a few influential colonial responses, which includes a string of 12 essays written by John Dickinson. The essays were entitled Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvannia was first read in December 1767.
âNo taxation without representation protests in Bostonâ. Townshend Acts. In 1767, a year after the repeal of the Stamp Act, Parliament approved another revenue raising taxation in the colonies, the Townshend Acts.The Townshend Acts consisted in new duties on imports and a series of acts to regulate trade in the colonies and reduce smuggling.he Stamp Act. John Hancockâs political career started in1765 when he was elected as a Boston selectman becoming his first public post in a series that would last until the end of his life. This was a tumultuous year in the colony as the Stamp Act was passed and the crowds took it to the streets to protest.