Use the excerpt from the publication Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, written by John Dickinson, to answer the question.

Question

There is another late act of parliament, which appears to me to be unconstitutional, and as destructive to the liberty of these colonies . . . that is, the act for granting the duties on paper, glass, etc. The parliament unquestionably possesses a legal authority to regulate the trade of Great Britain, and all her colonies. Such an authority is essential to the relation between a mother country and her colonies; and necessary for the common good of all . . .

[But] never did the British parliament . . . think of imposing duties in America for the purpose of raising a revenue. . . . [With the Townshend Acts] we may observe an authority expressly claimed and exerted to impose duties on these colonies; not for the regulation of trade . . . but for the single purpose of levying money upon us.

According to this excerpt, what was the purpose of the Townshend Acts?

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Responses

to make the colonies more independent
to make the colonies more independent

to take money from the colonists
to take money from the colonists

to maintain the colonies’ connection to England
to maintain the colonies’ connection to England

to regulate trade in the British Empire

Answer 1

According to the excerpt, the purpose of the Townshend Acts was to take money from the colonists.