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title: "Why did Parliament keep the tax on tea even though it repealed the Townshend Acts?"  
description: "Why did Parliament keep the tax on tea even though it repealed the Townshend Acts?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43246/why-did-parliament-keep-the-tax-on-tea-even-though-it-repealed-the-townshend-acts  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did Parliament keep the tax on tea even though it repealed the Townshend Acts?

Why did Parliament keep the tax on tea even though it repealed the [Townshend Acts](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51228/why-did-lord-north-decided-to-repeal-the-townshend-acts-in-1770)?\
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