What Did the Townshend Duties Do

question 81

Multiple Choice

What did the Townshend Duties do?

• A) They required that all legal documents and newspapers be printed on special watermarked paper.
• B) They set moderate tax rates on certain imported items to the colonies.
• C) They imposed such heavy duties on imported goods that colonists could no longer afford to buy them.
• D) They removed taxes on all items except those being shipped to the British West Indies.
• E) They raised large amounts of revenue and helped to reduce the British treasury's serious deficit.

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