The effect that the Townsend Acts had on the American colonies was that D.They created new taxes on American colonists.
The Townsend Acts were laws regarding taxation that were passed by the English regarding the American colonies in 1767. They laid out new taxes on many goods that the American colonies imported with the goal of using this as an avenue to raise funds.
These funds were badly needed by the English who had just come out of fighting (and winning) the very expensive French and Indian War and they decided to use the American colonists to raise these funds. Unfortunately, the plans faced bitter opposition and increased the rate to the American Revolution.
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