Indemnity Act of 1767
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The Indemnity Act of 1767 was a British law passed alongside the Townshend Acts that reduced duties on imported tea to support the East India Company while still asserting Parliament’s right to tax the American colonies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Indemnity Act of 1767 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1955104 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Indemnity Act of 1767 Context triple: [Townshend Acts era, hasPart, Indemnity Act of 1767]
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A.
Declaratory Act 1766
The Declaratory Act of 1766 was a British law asserting Parliament’s full authority to make binding laws for the American colonies “in all cases whatsoever,” passed alongside the repeal of the Stamp Act and heightening colonial tensions that led toward the American Revolution.
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B.
Revestment Act 1765
The Revestment Act 1765 was a British law by which the British Crown purchased and absorbed the feudal rights of the Lords of Mann, bringing the Isle of Man under more direct royal control.
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C.
Revenue Act 1766
The Revenue Act of 1766 was a British law that revised colonial taxation after the repeal of earlier duties, forming part of the broader imperial policies that fueled growing tensions between Britain and its American colonies.
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D.
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was a controversial law passed by the British Parliament requiring American colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers, contributing significantly to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
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E.
Sugar Act 1764
The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British revenue-raising law that tightened customs enforcement and imposed duties on sugar and molasses in the American colonies, contributing to growing colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Indemnity Act of 1767 Target entity description: The Indemnity Act of 1767 was a British law passed alongside the Townshend Acts that reduced duties on imported tea to support the East India Company while still asserting Parliament’s right to tax the American colonies.
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A.
Declaratory Act 1766
The Declaratory Act of 1766 was a British law asserting Parliament’s full authority to make binding laws for the American colonies “in all cases whatsoever,” passed alongside the repeal of the Stamp Act and heightening colonial tensions that led toward the American Revolution.
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B.
Revestment Act 1765
The Revestment Act 1765 was a British law by which the British Crown purchased and absorbed the feudal rights of the Lords of Mann, bringing the Isle of Man under more direct royal control.
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C.
Revenue Act 1766
The Revenue Act of 1766 was a British law that revised colonial taxation after the repeal of earlier duties, forming part of the broader imperial policies that fueled growing tensions between Britain and its American colonies.
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D.
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was a controversial law passed by the British Parliament requiring American colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers, contributing significantly to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
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E.
Sugar Act 1764
The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British revenue-raising law that tightened customs enforcement and imposed duties on sugar and molasses in the American colonies, contributing to growing colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of Great Britain
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British statute ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
British America
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Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
lowered the cost of legally imported British tea in the American colonies
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strengthened the competitive position of the British East India Company in the colonial tea trade ⓘ |
| follows | earlier British customs and revenue laws on colonial trade ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
colonial perceptions of Parliamentary authority
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colonial tea smuggling ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | pre–American Revolutionary period ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | statute ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ |
| motivation | to increase legal tea imports and customs revenue from the colonies ⓘ |
| partOf |
Townshend Acts (tea tax component)
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surface form:
Townshend Acts
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| purpose |
to assert the right of the British Parliament to tax the American colonies
ⓘ
to provide financial support to the British East India Company ⓘ to reduce duties on imported tea into the American colonies ⓘ |
| regulates | import duties on tea ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American colonial resistance to taxation
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British East India Company ⓘ Revenue Act of 1767 ⓘ
surface form:
Townshend Revenue Act
|
| subjectOf | debates over taxation without representation in the American colonies ⓘ |
| taxType | import duty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Indemnity Act of 1767 Description of subject: The Indemnity Act of 1767 was a British law passed alongside the Townshend Acts that reduced duties on imported tea to support the East India Company while still asserting Parliament’s right to tax the American colonies.
Referenced by (1)
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