<P> The Townshend Acts were a series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the British American colonies 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 Revenue Act of 1767 , the Indemnity Act ( 1767 ) , the New York Restraining Act ( 1767 ) , the Commissioners of Customs Act ( 1767 ) , and the Vice Admiralty Court Act ( 1767 ) . The purpose of the Townshend Acts was 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 a 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 , and 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 , prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops in 1768 , which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770 . </P>
<P> The Townshend Acts were a series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the British American colonies 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 Revenue Act of 1767 , the Indemnity Act ( 1767 ) , the New York Restraining Act ( 1767 ) , the Commissioners of Customs Act ( 1767 ) , and the Vice Admiralty Court Act ( 1767 ) . The purpose of the Townshend Acts was 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 a 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 , and 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 , prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops in 1768 , which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770 . </P>
when did the british parliament pass the townshend acts
when did the british parliament pass the townshend acts
beginning in 1767
beginning in 1767