REVENUE ACT REPEAL (1778): THE TAX ON TEA IS REMOVED. An Act for removing all Doubts and Apprehensions concerning Taxation by the Parliament of Great Britain in any of the Colonies, Provinces and Plantations in North America and the West Indies; and for repealing so much of an Act, made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, as imposes a Duty on Tea imported from Great Britain into any Colony or Plantation in America, or relates thereto. Also known as the SECOND CONCILIATORY ACT (1778).

AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Great Britain. Parliament.

Published by London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1778

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Folio (12 inches). 18 George III, Chapter 12. General title leaf + pages 295-296. Woodcut Royal coat of arms, headband, and decorative initial. Text in Black Letter. Neatly extracted from a bound volume and expertly mended. This Act, known as the Revenue Act Repeal, 1778 or Second Conciliatory Act, 1778, removed the tax on tea in the American colonies as a late peacemaking effort by the British government. The Act declared that parliament would no longer impose duties or taxes for the raising of revenue in the colonies, but would only impose duties as expedient to regulate commerce with the net income to be given to the colonies. Most significantly, the Act removed the duty on tea which had been imposed by the Townshend Revenue Act (7 George III, Chapter 46) in 1767. However, by the time this conciliatory law was passed, it was far too late: the colonies had already declared independence and the war was well under way.

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• Title: REVENUE ACT REPEAL (1778): THE TAX ON TEA IS REMOVED. An Act for removing all Doubts and Apprehensions concerning Taxation by the Parliament of Great Britain in any of the Colonies, Provinces and Plantations in North America and the West Indies; and for repealing so much of an Act, made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, as imposes a Duty on Tea imported from Great Britain into any Colony or Plantation in America, or relates thereto. Also known as the SECOND CONCILIATORY ...
• Publisher: London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan
• Publication Date: 1778
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • AMERICAN REVOLUTION
  • GREAT BRITAIN Politics