apr 12, 1770 - the Townshend Acts
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On this fateful day in 1770, the British government moves to mollify outraged colonists by repealing most of the clauses of the hated Townshend Act. ... Townshend's annual Revenue Act levied a controversial package of taxes on the colonists, including duties on lead, painters' colors, paper and tea
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