The Townshend Acts were four laws which include The suspending act, Revenue act, The indemnity act and the Commissioners of customs act. These laws enacted by the British Parliament imposed and enforced the collection of taxes on the American colonies.
Explanation:
British incurred huge war debts after the completed of seven years war and hence in order to pay the war debts, the crown decided to pressurize the American colonies with heavy taxes based on the advise given by Charles Townshend.
One such act is the suspending act which banned the New York colony Assembly from conducting business until it agreed to pay for the housing, meals, and other expenses of British troops stationed there under the Quartering Act. Quartering act imposes that the colonies have to take care of the boarding and lodging facilities of the British soldiers, if their troops are stationed in the respective colonies.
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Roman catholicism is the most abundant religion in the area, although the region also has sizable populations of Catholics and Muslims and notable shares of Lutherans in some countries. However Catholicism remains the most predominant religion in the west of Eastern Europe. The most representative cases of this are Austria, and Poland. While, in the Czech Republic is the only country surveyed in which a majority of older people say they are religiously unaffiliated,still , there is a tendency back to religion in some areas among eldery and other social groups. Slovenia, Slovakia,etc also have considerable amounts of catholic devotes.
The in great need of troops, but because of segregation they missed the opportuity to get recruitments from other troops.
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4. Mary Hayes
Explanation
Became known as Molly Pitcher for bringing the soldiers water while under fire. She too would take her husband’s place at a cannon
2. Margaret Corbin
Explanation
Took over firing a cannon after her husband was killed in battle - was hit by enemy fire herself
8. Abigail Adams
Explanation
Worked behind the scenes to try to gain more rights for women and for slaves.
1. Deborah Sampson
Explanation
pretended to be male and fought in the Continental Army
3. Hannah Blair
Explanation
had a farm in NC where she would hide patriots and supply them with food and medical care
6. Mercy Otis Warren
Explanation
Wrote a play about the British who were blockading Boston. The play helped to turn some that were initially Loyalists into Patriots.
7. Phyllis Wheatley
Explanation
Became the first African American woman, and the first slave, to publish a book of Patriotic poetry
5. Anne Marie Lane
Explanation
She enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, pretending to be a man. She fought in four major battles till she was wounded, and it was discovered that she was a woman
