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In 1767 the Townshend Acts had placed duties on imports including glass, paper and tea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Acts who announced they would not take part in the event were still listed as part of the lineup on Freedom 250’s website as of Friday morning.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The Gwangju uprising forms the haunting backdrop to Nobel laureate Han Kang's novel Human Acts.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
From Britain’s Townshend Acts of 1767, which helped fuel the American Revolution, to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930, which deepened the Great Depression, tariffs have proved politically toxic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Later that afternoon, the siblings worked on their Acts of Kindness projects.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
