Benjamin Franklin traveled to London in hopes of explaining colonial frustrations with the Stamp Act. While there, he suggested that the colonists resisted internal taxes but were less concerned with external taxes. Which of the following was an English reaction testing this statement?
A. military response and the start of the French and Indian War
B. the Townshend Acts, which included import taxes on goods such as glass and tea
C. an English repeal on all import taxes on goods bought in the colonies
D. a new bill that made smuggling of goods in the colonies punishable by death.
