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He passed a set of laws that - in 1767 - became known as the Townshend Acts. In these acts, the British leaders tried to avoid some of the problems that the Stamp Act caused. The new taxes applied only to imported goods, with the tax being paid at the port of entry. However, the goods taxed included basic items that the colonists had to import because they did not produce them.

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