Chap. 5 Imperial Breakdown 1763-1774

Townshend’s Burden…the Imperial Debt Struggle11• 1765. Townshend, Chancellor ofExchequer (Treasury) grudgingly repealedthe Stamp & Sugar acts but insisted thatthe Americans had to pay a “fair share.”• 1767, Jan. Townshend ordered ten Britishregiments to be permanently stationed inNorth America at Boston and NYC “toguard NE colonies from Indian attack.”• To fund the army, various taxes wereimposed on Boston called the “TownshendDuties.”• In Boston, British officers took over thecommon green and forced ordinary peopleto billet soldiers for free in any unusedroom or house.• 1767, Sept. 10. Townshend died leaving aParliamentary mess.Charles Townshend1725-1767Exchequer 1765-1767Ch 5 Impl Breakdown 1763-74(24)