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The Townshend Acts created three new Admiralty Court s to try Americans who ignored the law. The Acts led to outrage among the colonists and helped spark the "Liberty" seizure and Riot s of 1768 . Smugglers Avoid ed the Tax es by importing goods without the taxes and by organizing a Boycott of the legitimate imports. Samuel Adams of Boston was a notable supporter of the boycott. Economic pressure from the boycott caused several entities in Britain to press for repeal. Eventually, John Dickinson (1732-1808) raised support to repeal the Townshend Acts by a series of 12 letters addressing himself as "The Farmer". The only act remaining was the tax on tea. The three- Pence tax on tea was removed in the Tea Act to protect the British East India Company 's trade, leading to adverse economic consequences for the American colonists and the Boston Tea Party . EXTERNAL LINKS
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