Americans of the 1760s and 70s based their opposition to British policies on all of the following ideas except
a. Parliament was the representative body of Englishmen in England, but not Englishmen in America
b. According to the British constitution, taxes could be levied on people only if their elected representatives approved them
c. Under the British constitution, the king was superior to Parliament and Parliament was superior to the elected legislatures in the colonies
d. People should resist the government if it oppressed them, and they had the right to overthrow the government if necessary
e. Englishmen in America should be accorded the same rights under the British constitutional as Englishmen in England
Answer: c. Under the British constitution, the king was superior to Parliament and Parliament was superior to the elected legislatures in the colonies
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