jun 15, 1767 - Townshend Act

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Wishing a year after Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, Charles Townshend, the leading government minister at the time, impetuously decided on a new method of gaining revenue from the American colonies. His proposed revenue laws, passed by Parliament in 1767, became known as the Townshend Acts. Unlike the Stamp Act, which was a direct tax, these were indirect taxes, or duties levied on imported materials - glass, lead, paint, and paper - as they came into the colonies from Britain. The acts also imposed a three-penny tax on tea, the most popular drink in the colonies

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