The Townshend Acts were passed after 1762 as a reaction to changes shown in the chart.
You failed to include the chart in question however, of the options listed, the Townshend Acts were the only acts passed after 1762.
The Townshend Acts were passed by the British to:
- get the American colonies to pay for the British soldier stationed in the colonies
- get the Americans to pay customs duties on goods they imported from Britain
- generally increase the taxes paid by the colonists to the British
The reason the British wanted more tax revenue was because they had incurred huge debts from fighting France in the French and Indian War and felt the American colonists should pay for this debt.
In conclusion, the Townshend Acts were passed after 1792 to prop up British revenue but it annoyed the colonists so much that it was one of the reasons war broke out.
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