Question

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer convinced Parliament to pass a series of laws in 1767, raising taxes on items such as glass, paper, paint, and tea.
On which of the following grounds did he justify the new taxes to the American colonists, despite the American resistance to the Stamp Act?

A) Parliament was the supreme authority of the empire and could impose whatever taxes it wanted.
B) American colonists should not expect to receive the full rights of Englishmen until they paid their fair share of taxes to maintain the
empire.
C) It was not an internal tax on purchased goods but rather an external one on imports that was payable at American ports.
D) It was not an external tax on imports that was payable at American ports but rather an internal tax on purchased goods.

Answer 1

Answer:

C) It was not an internal tax on purchased goods but rather an external one on imports that was payable at American ports.

Explanation:

In 1767, Charles Townshend, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer decided to impose the Townshend Act, which imposed further taxation on goods such as china, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea, which were imported into the colonies. He did so to raise the revenue and change the policies on colonial governments. These taxes were to be added to the ones already existing with the Stamp Act.