A series of measures introduced into the English Parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend in 1767, the Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies.n April 1770, Parliament repealed all the Townshend duties except the tax on tea, which it retained in order to assert its right to tax the colonies. This led to a sort of truce, which lasted until the burning of the British patrol boat Gaspee in 1772.
A quarry is a large deposit of rock such as granite which is mined for use in construction projects. Quarries can be found all over the world, and most contain a heavy concentration of a particular type of rock such as marble, limestone, slate, or gypsum.
A stone quarry on the island of Menorca (Spain). Many modern quarries are situated on deserted ancient ones. This means that it is often difficult to determine the age of a quarry. Romans made often use of local quarried materials for the construction of their aqueducts and roads. A small part of the Roman Traconnade aqueduct of Aix-en-Provence (France) is situated at an ancient stone quarry Santa Anna, see the entry Aix-en-Provence at the subsite.