Colonial boycotts of imported British goods taxed under the Townshend Acts forces the British Parliament to repeal nearly all of the duties in March 1770. However, it kept the tax on tea as a symbol of Britain’s authority over the colonies.
A year later the Pennsylvania Assembly petitioned the King to intervene on his subjects’ behalf. Britain’s refusal to relent led several dozen Bostonians to take extreme action when they dumped tea into the harbor at the “Boston Tea Party.”
