# A Misunderstanding, the Townshend Act, and More Trouble in the American Colonies

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/a-misunderstanding-the-townshend-act-and-more-trouble-in-the-american-colonies>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** September 24, 2014

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George H. Smith uses some of the crucial events that led to the American Revolution as background to explain the theory of resistance and revolution that emerged.

[Originally published in essay form on December 29, 2011.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/misunderstanding-townshend-act-more-trouble-american-colonies)

_Narrated by James Foster._