When the government of Lord North persuaded Parliament to repeal the Townshend revenue duties in 1770
A) the American colonists rejoiced that Parliament had seemingly accepted the American definition of representation.
B) the American colonists remained unassuaged because Parliament retained the three-pence tax on tea, upholding Parliament's asserted right to tax the colonists.
C) the American colonists shortly thereafter called the First Continental Congress into session in January 1771.
D) the American colonists avoided the tax on tea by buying their tea directly from the British East India Company.
E) None of these choices are correct.
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