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Why were the townshend acts?

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 5/4/2022

Because a newer leader, named Lord North, saw that the British weren't gaining any money from the acts. so early in 1770, he convinced the Parliament to repeal all of the Townshend Acts, except for one, the tax on tea.

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