Timeline Friday 26 June 1767

Events on Friday 26 June 1767 1

• 1767 Townshend Acts imposed on American colonies Parliament taxes glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea The British Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, imposing new duties on goods imported into the American colonies and creating a Board of Customs Commissioners to enforce trade law. The acts also suspended the New York Assembly for refusing to comply with the Quartering Act, deepening colonial resentment toward London in the years before the American Revolution.