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The new taxes were to be collected by a Board of Customs Commissioners, established by the '''third Townshend Act''' of June 29. Based in Boston, the new board took complete control over all customs in America. It was empowered to revise and reorganize the entire American customs; discontinue old or establish new ports of entry; appoint customs officers, searchers, spies; hire coast-guard vessels, provide them with search warrants, and in general do whatever seemed necessary to them to enforce the revenue laws.  

The new taxes were to be collected by a Board of Customs Commissioners, established by the '''third Townshend Act''' of June 29. Based in Boston, the new board took complete control over all customs in America. It was empowered to revise and reorganize the entire American customs; discontinue old or establish new ports of entry; appoint customs officers, searchers, spies; hire coast-guard vessels, provide them with search warrants, and in general do whatever seemed necessary to them to enforce the revenue laws.  

Costs of this new and very costly establishment were to be paid out of the revenue and out of seizures. As the revenue law itself was unpopular and considered by the colonists unconstitutional, the enforcement officers met with resistance in some cases, as in the seizure of the ship "Liberty" and the burning of the ship "Gaspée".  

Costs of this new and very costly establishment were to be paid out of the revenue and out of seizures. As the revenue law itself was unpopular and considered by the colonists unconstitutional, the enforcement officers met with resistance in some cases, as in the seizure of the ship "Liberty" and the [[Gaspee Affair|burning of the ship "Gaspée"]].

 

==Boston resists==

==Boston resists==

American resistance led the customs commissioners to ask for British troops, and large forces were hurried to Boston in September 1768, where they were quartered in the city contrary to the Quartering Act. Boston was practically under military rule. There was friction between the people and the soldiers. The people of Massachusetts appealed to other colonies through protests and through republication in local newspapers of "The Journal of the Times", a day-to-day account of worsening conditions in Boston.  

American resistance led the customs commissioners to ask for British troops, and large forces were hurried to Boston in September 1768, where they were quartered in the city contrary to the Quartering Act. Boston was practically under military rule. There was friction between the people and the soldiers. The people of Massachusetts appealed to other colonies through protests and through republication in local newspapers of "The Journal of the Times", a day-to-day account of worsening conditions in Boston.