What was the first act that the parliament passed in an attempt to raise revenue by taxing the american colonists? a. the quartering act: obligated colonial legislations to meet the needs of british soldiers stationed in that colonyb. the stamp act: mandated that colonists affix stamps to certain legal and commercial documentsc. the declaratory act: stated that the parliament had the absolute right to impose taxes on the colonistsd. the revenue act: taxed goods such as paper and paint that the colonies imported from britaine. the sugar act: increased the duties on sugar imported from the west indies

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1. the townshend acts of 1767 “threaten the country with poverty and ruin.”

at a town meeting held at faneuil hall in boston on october 28, 1767, boston freeholders and residents discussed the implications of the brutal townshend acts levied against the colonists. the townshend acts were a set of four acts passed by the british parliament in the summer of 1767 in order to generate revenue for the crown (through duties on goods such as lead, glass, paper, and tea) as well as exert british control over the increasingly rebellious colonists.

during the oct. 28 meeting, the bostonians found:

the excessive use of foreign superfluities is the chief cause of the present distressed state of this town, as it is thereby drained of its money: which misfortune is likely to be increased by means of the late additional burthens and impositions on the trade of the province, which threaten the country with poverty and ruin.

as a result, the citizens unanimously voted to boycott all british-made goods.