Pamphlet, Townshend's Revenue Act, 1767
notes: label: Description
content: In 1767 Parliament passed new duties on goods imported into the colonies that were known as the Townshend Acts. The new legislation also made law enforcement more independent of colonists’ own ideas of what was just and fair. It appointed officials to enforce the law, provided them with broad authority to search private stores, and established courts without colonial juries to try disputed cases. Parliament rejected colonial claims that law enforcement, like lawmaking, needed to be accountable to colonial opinion.
topic: label: used
content: Colonial Life
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0119.05
label: accession number
content: 1979.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0119.05
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content: document
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: buff, black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall open: 12 1/4 in x 15 1/2 in; 31.115 cm x 39.37 cm