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Non-importation until the Revenue Acts are repealed...
Non-importation until the Revenue Acts are repealed...
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December 04, 1769
THE NORTHAMPTON MERCURY, England, Dec. 4, 1769
* Pre Revolutionary War tensions
* re. Non-importation agreements
* re. Revenue acts - taxing colonies
Pages 2 & 3 have reports relating to events leading to the Revolutionary War, including in part: "...next session of Parliament...will certainly open with the Repeal of the American Revenue Acts..." and several reports headed: "America" which notes in part that the non-importation agreeing by the Americans: "...to withhold the importation of British goods...it being to continue till the last of January next unless the Revenue Act, imposing duties on paper, glass, etc. should be repealed before that time..." with more.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed with wide margins, great condition.
AI notes: In the years leading up to the American Revolution, non-importation agreements emerged as a powerful colonial response to British revenue acts, which were seen as unconstitutional efforts to tax the colonies without representation. Beginning with the Sugar Act (1764) and intensifying with the Stamp Act (1765) and Townshend Acts (1767), Parliament imposed a series of duties aimed at raising revenue to cover British debts and maintain troops in America. Colonists, viewing these acts as violations of their rights, organized widespread boycotts of British goods—non-importation agreements—that not only hurt British merchants economically but also fostered a growing sense of unity and shared resistance among the colonies. These agreements were particularly effective after the Stamp Act, leading to its repeal, and later played a major role in protesting the Townshend Acts, which taxed everyday items and threatened colonial self-government by using the revenue to pay royal officials directly. Though partially repealed, the continued tax on tea led to the Tea Act (1773) and the Boston Tea Party, escalating tensions further. These protests and acts of defiance galvanized colonial opposition, built intercolonial cooperation, and laid the groundwork for the First Continental Congress, making armed conflict increasingly inevitable.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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