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Townshend duties repealed

Parliament repealed all of the Townshend duties except the tea tax.

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Richard Henry Lee

Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794) was one of the first colonial statesmen to call for independence from Great Britain. Born in Virginia and eduated in England, Lee served in the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1758 to 1775. He opposed British policies such as the Stamp Act and the Townshend Duties. He helped organize the First Continental Congress, and in the Second Continental Congress in 1776 proposed a resolution for declaring independence from Great Britain. Lee continued his political service in the Virginia House of Delegates and...

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Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams (1722–1803), born in Boston and educated at Harvard, became a major figure in the resistance against British policies such as the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townshend Duties in the 1760s, when he founded the Sons of Liberty with John Hancock. In 1772, Adams (a cousin to John Adams) established the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston to coordinate resistance to the British. Other such committees soon formed across the colonies, creating a network to share information among revolutionaries. Adams was also a coordinator of...