Use the excerpt from the publication Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, written by John Dickinson, to answer the question.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere 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 . . . %0D%0A%0D%0A[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. %0D%0A%0D%0AAccording to this excerpt, what was the purpose of the Townshend Acts?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0Ato take money from the colonists%0D%0Ato take money from the colonists%0D%0A%0D%0Ato make the colonies more independent%0D%0Ato make the colonies more independent%0D%0A%0D%0Ato maintain the colonies’ connection to England%0D%0Ato maintain the colonies’ connection to England%0D%0A%0D%0Ato 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.