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What was the initial motivation for the Townshend Acts?

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The initial motivation of the Townsend act is to raise the revenue to pay the cost of maintaining the army in north America.

Explanation:

It changed the tax plan, and it decided to use the revenue to pay the salaries of the some colonial governors and judges. right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a representative assembly.

The Townsend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.

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