Commissioners of Customs Act 1767
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The Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 was a British law that created a new customs board in the American colonies to more strictly enforce trade regulations and raise revenue, contributing to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1955105 — 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: Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 Context triple: [Townshend Acts era, hasPart, Commissioners of Customs Act 1767]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Molasses Act 1733
The Molasses Act 1733 was a British law imposing heavy duties on foreign molasses imported into the American colonies, aiming to protect British West Indies sugar interests and contributing to growing colonial resentment toward imperial trade restrictions.
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D.
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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E.
India Act 1784
The India Act 1784 was a British law that restructured the governance of the East India Company and placed its political administration in India under closer control of the British government.
- 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: Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 Target entity description: The Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 was a British law that created a new customs board in the American colonies to more strictly enforce trade regulations and raise revenue, contributing to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
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A.
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.
-
B.
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.
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C.
Molasses Act 1733
The Molasses Act 1733 was a British law imposing heavy duties on foreign molasses imported into the American colonies, aiming to protect British West Indies sugar interests and contributing to growing colonial resentment toward imperial trade restrictions.
-
D.
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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E.
India Act 1784
The India Act 1784 was a British law that restructured the governance of the East India Company and placed its political administration in India under closer control of the British government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of Great Britain
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British statute ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
British America
ⓘ
surface form:
British American colonies
British America ⓘ
surface form:
British North America
|
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1767 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ |
| established | American Board of Customs Commissioners ⓘ |
| governingLawFor | operation of customs houses in the American colonies ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
contributed to tensions leading to the American Revolution
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expansion of customs officials in the colonies ⓘ greater British control over colonial trade ⓘ heightened colonial resentment toward British authority ⓘ increased enforcement of customs regulations in the colonies ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to create a new customs board in the American colonies
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to enforce imperial trade regulations more strictly ⓘ to raise revenue from the American colonies ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
colonial administration
ⓘ
customs law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | repealed ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | desire to increase imperial revenue from colonies ⓘ |
| partOf | British efforts to tighten control over colonial trade ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American Revolutionary era
ⓘ
surface form:
American Revolution
British imperial taxation policy ⓘ Townshend Acts (tea tax component) ⓘ
surface form:
Townshend Acts
|
| subjectOf | colonial protests in British America ⓘ |
| temporalContext | prelude to the American Revolution ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 Description of subject: The Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 was a British law that created a new customs board in the American colonies to more strictly enforce trade regulations and raise revenue, contributing to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
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