Townshend Acts

Townshend Acts
/town"zeuhnd/, Amer. Hist.
acts of the British Parliament in 1767, esp. the act that placed duties on tea, paper, lead, paint, etc., imported into the American colonies.
[named after Charles Townshend (1725-67), English statesman, their sponsor]

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