townshend acts

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Definition of townshend acts in English English dictionary

(1767) British parliamentary measures to tax the American colonists. The series of four acts imposed duties on imports of lead, paint, glass, paper, and tea and established a board of customs commissioners to enforce collection. Colonial quartering of British troops was also revived. The colonists protested the new measures as taxation without representation and resisted compliance. Nonimportation agreements among colonial merchants cut British imports in half by 1769. In 1770 all the duties except the tax on tea were repealed

Hyphenation

Towns·hend acts

Turkish pronunciation

taunşend äks

Pronunciation

/ˈtounˌsʜend ˈaks/ /ˈtaʊnˌʃɛnd ˈæks/