Answer :
Chancellor of the exchequer charles townshend seek to undermine american political institutions in his revenue act of 1767.
He sought to block American influence by using parliamentary taxes to finance imperial administration in the colonies.
What is Townshend Revenue Act?
- An Act to Grant Certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America.
- Allow a Drawback of the Duties of Customs Upon Exportation of Coffee and Cocoa Nuts of the Produce of the Said Colonies or Plantations from This Kingdom.
- Discontinue the Drawbacks Payable on China Earthenware Exported to America, and More Effectively Prevent the clandestine Running of Goods in the Said Colonies and Plantations.
- Glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea all have taxes imposed by the government.
- Charles Townshend, the Chancellor Exchequer, was the driving force behind these taxes as a means of reducing the debt load resulting from the Seven Years War and as a source of revenue.
However, These applied to imports entering the colonies in North America.
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