dec 20, 1766 - Townshend Acts
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The Townshend Acts were a series of British Acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 and relating to the British in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the programBasically, more taxes but on imported items, such as glass, led, paper, tea, etc. This was after the Stamp Act was repealed in March, 1766, due to tension between between the colonists and Great Britain.
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dec 20, 1766
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~ 258 years ago