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Also,
the
colonists
weren’t
represented,
and
they
would
only
be
taxed
by
their
own
representatives.
After
the
repeal
of
the
stamp
tax,
however,
Parliament
passed
the
Declaratory
Act.
This
stated
that
Parliament
had
the
right
of
absolute
and
unqualified
sovereignty
over
the
American
colonies.
The
colonists
already
stated
that
they
wanted
a
certain
amount
of
sovereignty
themselves.
These
contrasting
statements
paved
the
way
for
more
confrontation,
and
eventually
war.
Charles
Townshend,
in
1767,
persuaded
Charles
Townshend
Parliament
to
pass
the
Townshend
Acts.
This
act
essentially
wanted
to
lightly
tax
the
less
seriously
than
the
stamp
tax,
mainly
Americans
without
them
really
noticing.
because
it
was
light.
They
did
find
out
that
they
Instead
of
taxing
the
colonists
directly,
the
could
smuggle
tea
in
at
a
cheaper
price,
which
Townshend
Acts
taxed
goods
at
American
really
took
hold
in
Massachusetts.
The
British
Ports.
These
taxes
were
meant
to
pay
the
eventually
found
this
out,
and
sent
two
salaries
of
the
royal
governors
and
judges
that
regiments
of
soldiers
to
Boston
in
1768.
These
were
in
America.
The
colonists,
though,
were
troops
were
drunks,
and
the
colonists
resented
still
not
pleased,
and
the
main
reason
was
them.
On
March
5,
1770,
a
crowd
of
sixty
taxation
They
colonists
started
taunting
a
group
of
10
reinstalled
the
nonimportation
agreements,
redcoats;
they
even
threw
snowballs
at
them.
but
they
were
much
less
effective
on
the
Townshend
Acts.
More
colonists
took
this
tax
The
troops
got
nervous,
and
without
orders
without
representation.