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The true trigger of our 4th of July.... Townsend Acts sparked widespread protest in the American colonies. British Parliament began to repeal most of the new taxes, but the tax on tea remained. The British government continued in its (forced) attempt to tax the colonists without their consent and the "Amerexit" (aka: The American Revolution) followed.... Read on!