What was the purpose behind the Townshend duties?
A) to convince the colonists to help the British fight the French during the French and Indian War
B) to raise revenue to send gifts to the Native Americans to keep the peace
C) to subsidize the colonial shipbuilding trade and thereby bring more resources to England
D) to pay the royal governors' salaries and make them independent of colonial legislatures
E) to increase the meager pay of colonial legislators and encourage their loyalty to the monarchy

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The Townshend duties were imposed to raise revenue to pay the salaries of royal governors and other officials, making them independent of colonial legislatures and thereby strengthening British control over the colonies.

What Was the Purpose Behind the Townshend Duties