American Board of Customs Commissioners

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British colonial agency customs authority

The American Board of Customs Commissioners was a British colonial agency created to more strictly enforce trade regulations and collect customs duties in the American colonies, contributing to rising tensions before the American Revolution.

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Label	Occurrences
American Board of Customs Commissioners canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial agency ⓘ customs authority ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British North American colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ ports of the American colonies ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
field	colonial trade regulation ⓘ customs administration ⓘ
hasDuty	combat smuggling in the American colonies ⓘ regulate import and export procedures in colonial ports ⓘ supervise customs officials in the colonies ⓘ
hasEffect	contributed to colonial arguments about taxation without representation ⓘ provoked colonial opposition to British customs enforcement ⓘ strengthened British control over colonial trade ⓘ
historicalPeriod	pre-Revolutionary era in British North America ⓘ
historicalSignificance	factor in the breakdown of relations between Britain and its American colonies ⓘ symbol of British attempts to tighten control over colonial commerce ⓘ
legalBasis	British parliamentary legislation on customs and revenue ⓘ Townshend Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters	Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	American colonists ⓘ colonial merchants ⓘ patriot leaders in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
partOf	British imperial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	collect customs duties in the American colonies ⓘ enforce trade regulations in the American colonies ⓘ increase imperial revenue from colonial trade ⓘ
significantEvent	contributed indirectly to the Boston Massacre ⓘ contributed to rising tensions before the American Revolution ⓘ contributed to unrest in Boston ⓘ heightened colonial resentment toward British taxation policies ⓘ increased enforcement of Navigation Acts ⓘ involvement in seizures of colonial merchant ships ⓘ

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Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 → established → American Board of Customs Commissioners ⓘ