The Failure Of The Townshend Act

The Townshend Acts were a series of acts that the Parliament passed on June 29th, 1767, shortly after the Stamp Act was repealed. Charles Townshend sponsored and proposed this act, which is why it was named after him. One of these acts taxed or put import duties on various goods such as glass, paper, tea, paint, and lead. The other acts gave writs of assistance or search warrants to British soldiers which allowed them to search others’ property. Since the Stamp Act had failed, the Parliament needed another way of collecting revenues. So the Parliament passed this act because they thought that it could help pay off their debt, pay British official’s salaries. The Parliament also didn’t think that such little taxes would upset the colonists.