The Townshend Acts (jun 15, 1767 – jul 2, 1767)
Description:
- Put taxes on everyday items that colonials used and helped pay for British royal officials' salary.- Named after Charles Townshend, the man who proposed the acts and the chancellor of the the Exequer.
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Date:
jun 15, 1767
jul 2, 1767
~ 17 days