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 101 The British Land at Staten Island
Episode 100 The Declaration of Independence
Episode 099 Drafting the Declaration
Episode 098 Voting for Independence
Episode 097 A Coup in Philadelphia
Episode 096 The Battle for Sullivan's Island
Episode 095 The Battle of Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers)
Episode 094 War at Sea, Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
Episode 093 The Dave Mathews Band Breaks Up
Episode 092 State Constitutions, Part 2
Episode 091 State Constitutions, Part 1
Episode 090 Battle of the Cedars
Episode 089: Washington Moves to New York
Episode 088 British War Plans 1776
Episode 087 Canada Spring 1776
Episode 086 The Evacuation of Boston
Episode 085 Dorchester Heights
Episode 084 The Continental Navy Raids the Bahamas
Episode 083 Continental Congress Winter 1776
Episode 082 The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
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