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Virginia Nonimportation Resolutions, 17-18 May 1769
Source
17-18 May 1769
Record of the Virginia House of Burgesses' nonimportation resolutions adopted after the Governor dissolved the Assembly. The resolutions protest Parliamentary taxation for revenue (particularly the Townshend duties on tea, paper, glass) and establish binding agreements to boycott British manufactures and restrict imports until the offending acts are repealed. This document demonstrates the constitutional crisis in the American colonies and provides comparative context for similar resistance movements.
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- English