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| so:text | Americans feared the Townshend Act for another reason: revenues raised form it were to be used to pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges. This proposal struck at the heart of a revered American tradition. Although the Crown appointed governors in all 11 colonies, their salaries were paid by the colonial legislatures. This ‘power of the purse’ enabled American assemblies to check the power of the governors and judges by withholding their salaries. (en) |
| so:isPartOf | https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_H._Smith |
| so:description | The American Revolution and The Declaration of Independence (2017) (en) |
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