Townshend Acts
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The Townshend Acts or Townshend Duties were a series of British acts of Parliament enacted in 1766 and 1767 introducing a series of taxes and regulations to enable administration of the British coloni
Charles Townshend spearheaded the laws, but died before their detrimental effects became apparent.
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania Third Edition, MDCCLXIX ( Title page )
Non-importation agreement, dated October 1767, signed by Bostonians including Paul Revere
Paul Revere's engraving of British troops landing in Boston in 1768
Tea Act
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The Tea Act 1773 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its Londo
Townshend Acts
…led to attacks on British ships, including the burning of Gaspee in 1772. The Townshend Acts' taxation of imported tea was enforced once again by the Tea Act 1773, and this led to the Boston Tea Party in 1773 in which the Sons of Liberty destroyed a large shipment of taxed tea. Parliament responded in 1774 with…
A 1789 depiction of the Boston Tea Party