Question

1. What were the Townshend Acts?

Answer 1

the first towsend act was the revenue act of 1767 with that in mind charles townsend the chancellor devised a plan that placed new duties on paper paint and lead glass and tea that were imported into the colonists

The purposes of the Townshend Acts were To raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would remain loyal to Great Britain To create more effective means of enforcing compliance with trade regulations To punish the Province of New York for failing to comply with the 1765 Quartering Act To establish the precedent that the British Parliament had the right to tax the colonies The Townshend Acts were met with resistance in the colonies, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770.