Townshend Acts were a series of British Acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 and relating to the British in North America . The acts are named after Charles Townshend , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , who proposed the program . Historians vary slightly as to which acts they include under the heading " Townshend Acts " , but five acts are often mentioned : The purposes of the Townshend Acts were The Townshend Acts were met with resistance in the colonies , which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770
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