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The Townshend Act had a few influential colonial responses, which includes a string of 12 essays written by John Dickinson. The essays were entitled Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvannia was first read in December 1767.
On 29 June 1767 Parliament passes the Townshend Acts. They bear the name of Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer, who isâas the chief treasurer of the British Empireâin charge of economic and financial matters. With the repeal of the Stamp Act, money is needed for of administering the colonies in America.