TOWNSHEND ACTS


Meaning of TOWNSHEND ACTS in English

/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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