jan 1, 1767 - Townshend Acts of 1767
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Taxes on common items such as tea, lead, glass, and dyes. Great Britain now payed the governors and judges of Massachusetts (with date); New regulations on a light import duty of glass, white lead paper, paint, and tea. An indirect customs duty payable at American ports.https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts
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jan 1, 1767
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~ 258 years ago