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Reform of Colonial Taxation

Great Britain · Government / Whig Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1770Date range
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Chronological records

1770

Frederick North Guildford, 2nd1770

Government / Whig Party Government

Repeals the Townshend Acts, except duty on tea, in response to unrest in America

Names involved

Frederick North Guildford, 2nd

Provenance

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