William pitt the elder thought that the british government
a. was right to pass the townshend acts.
b. should make the colonies pay for wars.
c. was taxing the colonies too harshly.
d. should periodically raise colonial taxes.

The correct answer is C) was taxing the colonies too harshly.

William Pitt the Elder thought that the British government was taxing the colonies too harshly.

William Pitt the Elder (1708-1778) was an English Prime Minister from 1766 to 1768. He strengthened the British Empire with conquest in Africa, the West Indies, and Canada. He was against political corruption in the nation, he considered that the monarchy was taxing the colonies too harshly and commented that this was angering the American colonists and the consequences could be rebellion against the government of Britain.

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should be in order from q 1 to 35.

d definitly is not