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the townshend act was a tax on glass, lead, paper, and tea.
after the British repealed the stamp act they put in another law instead it was called the townshed acts and it taxed things such as lead, paper, tea, glass and paint.
Charles Townshend, the English Parliament by Chancellor of Exchequer introduced the Townshend Act. It imposed duties on tea, paper, paints, lead and glass imported into colonies in 1767.
It encouraged settlers to move west at little expense
These were some of the items on which duties (taxes) were levied by England on its American colonies.