Hello history friends!! I must apologize. I lied when I said we were skipping a year because nothing happened in 1767. Something super important happened!! The Townshend Acts! *dun dun dun!!!* It seems that the British were quite confused for a few minutes why the colonies were mad about the Stamp Act. They didn't want to be embarrassed like that again, so they talked to Benjamin Franklin. Now, keep in mind that at this point, nobody was really thinking of independence. They just wanted representation. Franklin was in the same boat. He was well respected at Parliament, though, so they often discussed these issues with him. He told them again, what the colonials had been saying "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION," but did they listen? No. Instead, they listened to Charles Townshend. He was the treasurer and a big money and economics guy. He had this brilliant idea (at least, he thought it was brilliant). He was like, "Hey! Instead of directly shilling and pencing t...