Virtual representation was the idea:
a. that only those who were elected by a given population could represent that population in a legislative body.
b. about representation that most politically active American colonists in the 1760s and 1770s embraced.
c. endorsed by the Stamp Act Congress in 1765.
d. that each member of Britain's House of Commons represented the entire empire, not just his own district.
e. that the king should appoint delegates to represent the colonies in the British House of Commons.
Ans: d. that each member of Britain's House of Commons represented the entire empire, not just his own district.
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