Townsend Acts - 1767

  The Townsend Acts were a series of acts that  and began in 1767 and are named after Charles Townsend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.  One of the acts was the Townsend Revenue Act that heavily taxed glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea.  These taxes raised £40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies.

This is Charles Townsend, the Townsend acts are named after him.