Townshend Act

The Townshend Acts are named for Charles Townshend. He started with this idea of taxing colonists indirectly, this way of taxing was more reasonable than others. This acts were passed in 1767 by the British Parliament. This were made because Parliament needed to raise money to get out of England’s debt so they easily passed this laws and people couldn’t elect any member of the Parliament soy they say these as a violation.

They decided to levy new taxes on the colonies of British America, on products that were used in everyday life-Lead, glass, tea, paper, and paint. This money raised was used to pay to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would be independent of colonial rule. This way colonists wouldn’t have any rights over governors and judges.