What different groups, both in the colonies and in Great Britain, encouraged Parliament to repeal various taxes? What were their motives?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
House of Burgesses
Patrick Henry
Presented a series of resolutions on the Stamp Act that were debated and passed
Virginia Resolves
Virginians were British citizens and always taxed themselves and only the Virginia assembly alone had the right to tax Virginians
Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Ebenezer Mackintosh
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A) U.S. insistence that at least part of the European debts be repaid B) American occupation of Europe C) American corporations buying European businesses at fire sale prices D) American isolationist tendencies
Congress found itself debating slavery once again in the early 1850s, this time as it tried to settle the issue of:
A) the place where a transcontinental railroad could be built. B) the future of runaway slaves. C) Maine becoming a state. D) allowing popular sovereignty in Kansas. E) outlawing the freeing of slaves by their masters.
The Edict of Worms
A) contained Luther's refutation of Johann Eck's accusations. B) expressed Luther's rejection of Pope Innocent I's spiritual authority. C) called Luther to appear before Emperor Charles V to recant his "heresies." D) made Luther an outlaw within the Holy Roman Empire. E) led to Luther's forcible removal to Rome.
An important addition to the maritime revolution was sailing northwest into the Atlantic to the latitude of the Azores and then
a. in order to speedily return by riding westerly winds. b. learning that the magnetic compass did not work while at sea. c. recognizing that the caravel was unsuited for voyages of exploration. d. understanding that the lost island of Atlantis was accessible via caravel. e. improving the ship design by Thomas of Caravel.