Answer: Alleged attacks by North Vietnam against US naval ships in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Detail:
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a measure passed by US Congress that allowed the US President to make military actions, like increase troops, without formal declaration of war. It led to huge escalation of US involvement in the Vietnam War. The resolution was passed by Congress in August, 1964, after alleged attacks on two US naval ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. The key wording in the resolution said:
- <em>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.</em>
That resolution served as a blank check for President Johnson to send troops to whatever extent he deemed necessary in pursuance of the war. Between 1964 and the end of Johnson's presidency in 1969, US troop levels in Vietnam increased from around 20,000 to over 500,000.
The Townshend acts were made it easier to collect taxes. However this was a bit invasive to privacy.
Restrictions on puritan religious practices.
The iron and textile industries played just 2 roles in the Industrial Revolution, textile were originally made by hand in peoples homes when the textiles industry evolved into factory work that became increasingly uniform. When the iron industry took hold a cheaper, easier method to produce cast iron was found. Both iron and steel became essential materials, used to make appliances, tools, ships, buildings.
