12h 30min, jun 15, 1767 y - the 1767 Townsend Acts
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The purposes of the Townsend Acts were
To raise revenue in the colonies to pay the judges so that they would remain loyal to Great Britain examples of theses are, tea act 1773 (was like a tax on life for everyone, then the tea party happens), then the in tolerable acts happened
1-closed Boston harbor, 2-no more mass. self government, 3-quartering act, 4-Quebec act.
as a result of this the first continental congress was made
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12h 30min, jun 15, 1767 y
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~ 258 years ago
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