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George Washington

Washington helped lead widespread protests against the Townshend Acts passed by Parliament

1767
U.S.

Washington helped lead widespread protests against the Townshend Acts passed by Parliament in 1767, and he introduced a proposal in May 1769 drafted by George Mason which called Virginians to boycott English goods; the Acts were mostly repealed in 1770.


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