| Year | 1767 |
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| Year Summary | Monarch is King George III. Prime Minister is William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (Whig). The Townshend Acts introduced, placing a tax on common products, such as lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea; American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power. Josiah Spode establishes <em>Spode pottery</em> in Stoke-on-Trent. |
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