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strangeaffliction · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

What was the purpose of the 1764 Sugar Act?

A) It was designed to raise revenues to offset British military expenses in North America.
B) It was designed to provide King George III with the necessary resources to maintain his opulent lifestyle.
C) It was designed to increase the consumption of sugar in the colonies by reducing its price.
D) It was designed to create a monopoly over the sugar trade by the British East India Company.
E) It was designed to eliminate French involvement in the sugar trade.

Question 2

John Dickinson's Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania is significant because

A) Benjamin Franklin signed and endorsed it.
B) it was the first written essay to suggest that the colonies break from England.
C) it outlined how burdensome taxes were to struggling farmers in the colonies.
D) its condemnation of the Townshend and other duties introduced the language of taxation without representation into the debate with England.
E) All of these choices