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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.
The British weren't very happy when the colonists rebelled against them. The Townshend Acts were passed on July 2, 1767. They passed the act to show the colonists that they had authority over them. The acts were named after Charles Townshend who sponsered the acts.The Townshend Acts didn't tax the colonists directly, it taxed importers.The first act had to do with the Quatering Act that was passed in 1765.he second act (Also known as the Townshend Duties) was the taxes that were on tea, paper, glass, lead, and paint. This is the second time the British taxed the colonists to help Britain. The thrid act of the Townshend Acts stated that the British could STRICTLY tax (often randomly) search and tax people.