"Virtual" representation was the British theory that
a. colonists could cast "virtual" votes in Parliament without being physically present.
b. members of Parliament represented all British subjects even those who had not voted for them.
c. colonists could elect their own representatives to Parliament.
d. Parliament could pass virtually all types of legislation except taxes.
e. the colonists' political virtue was embodied in Parliament.
b
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