Following passage of the Towshend Acts in 1767, the colonists are unsure how to respond. These are import tariffs, not taxes, which was the line they drew over the earlier Stamp Act. They don't want to pay but have trouble articulating a good argument that everyone accepts.
John Dickinson writes a series of 12 letters, purportedly from "a farmer in Pennsylvania" explaining why these new laws are just as objectionable. His letters push the colonists into real opposition to the new laws. British attempts to shut down the protests by force, only make things worse.
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Episode 141 Congress Returns to Philadelphia
Episode 140 Battle of Short Hills
Episode 139 Meigs Raid on Sag Harbor
Episode 138 Battle of Thomas Creek
Episode 137 Lambert Wickes
Episode 136 Franklin in Paris
Episode 135 The Danbury Raid
Episode 134 The Battle of Bound Brook
Episode 133 The Peekskill Raid
Episode 132 Britain Adjusts its War Plans
Episode 131 Congress - Baltimore Edition
Episode 130 Fort McIntosh, Georgia
Episode 129 Prisoners of War
Episode 128 Fort Independence
Episode 127 The Forage War
Episode 126 The Battle of Princeton
Episode 125 Second Battle of Trenton
Episode 124 Back Across the Delaware
Episode 123 First Battle of Trenton
Episode 122 Crossing the Delaware
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