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The first of the Townshend Acts, sometimes simply known as the Townshend Act, was the Revenue Act 1767 (7 Geo 3 c 46). [d] [43] [44] This act represented the Chatham ministry's new approach to generating tax revenue in the American colonies after the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766.
The Revenue Act can refer to a ... Revenue Act 1764, popularly known as the Sugar Act; Revenue Act 1766; Revenue Act 1767 (7 Geo. 3. c. 46), one of the Townshend Acts;
or the Sugar Act 1764 or the American Revenue Act 1764 or the American Duties Act 1764 (repealed) 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. 5 April 1764.
An Act to continue an Act passed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, [a] for continuing an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, intituled, "An Act for laying a Duty of Two Pennies Scots, or One Sixth Part of a Penny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale or Beer ...
1.3 1767–1773: Townshend Acts and the Tea Act. 1.4 1774–1775: Intolerable Acts. 2 Military hostilities begin. ... In 1764 Parliament passed the Sugar Act ...
After the Stamp Act was repealed in 1766, [1] the British Parliament imposed the Townshend Acts in 1767 as another way of generating revenue. The acts placed an import duty on glass, paint, paper, lead, and tea as well as establishing an American Board of Customs. [2] In response, the Massachusetts General Court issued a circular letter. (A ...
The main task of the Daughters of Liberty was to protest the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts through aiding the Sons of Liberty in boycotts and support movements prior to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. The Daughters of Liberty participated in spinning bees, helping to produce homespun cloth for colonists to wear instead of British textiles ...
Most of the taxes in the Townshend Acts were repealed in 1770 by the Ministry of Lord North. The passage of the Tea Act 1773 in May 1773, which enforced the remaining taxes on tea, led to the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. Parliament considered this an illegal act because they believed it undermined the authority of the Crown-in-Parliament.