2. Study the timeline and answer the question below. Primary reason means most important reason.
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1764 Sugar Act
1765–Stamp Act
1767 – Townshend Acts
What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?
To encourage foreign trade of the colonies with other countries
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To recover (pay for) the cost of defending the colonies in the French and Indian War
To fund the establishment of new colonies
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