Statements (17)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:colonialism
|
gptkbp:affects |
Anglican clergy
tobacco planters |
gptkbp:challenge |
Anglican clergy
|
gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1758
|
gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Virginia_General_Assembly
|
gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
contributed to colonial resentment against British authority
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Two Penny Act
|
gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Colony_of_Virginia
|
gptkbp:notableCase |
gptkb:Parson's_Cause
|
gptkbp:provides |
allowed debts payable in tobacco to be paid in money at two pence per pound
|
gptkbp:purpose |
to address economic hardship caused by poor tobacco harvests
|
gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Patrick_Henry
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gptkbp:repealedBy |
gptkb:King_George_III
1759 |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Parson's_Cause
|
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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