This excerpt is from a letter written by a colonist. Upon the whole the single question is, whether ... the parliament can legally take money out of our pockets
without our consent.
-John Dickinson, "Letter from a Pennsylvania Farmer, 1767
In this letter written in response to the Townshend Acts, the author expresses dissatisfaction with the
disruption to colonial trade caused by the French and Indian War
B) terms of the treaty that ended the French and Indian War
economic policies adopted by Britain after the French and Indian War
buildup of British soldiers in the colonies as a result of the war