Which of the following statements represents the conception of a parliamentary power held in the 1760s by American colonists?

Question

a. Parliment had limited powers of legislation that included authority to regulate imperial trade but excluded the authority to tax colonists
b. Parliment represented all citizens of the empire and therefore had the authority to legislate on all matters relevant to American colonists
c. Parliment included no Americans among its members and therefore had no authority to interfere with colonial trade
d. Since Parliment was made up of corrupt politicians who represented only large landholders, Parliamentary law had no authority in the North American colonies
e. Because Parliment created the colonies, the colonial assemblies possessed no more power than Parliament permitted them.

Answer 1

a. Parliament had limited powers of legislation that included authority to regulate imperial trade but excluded the authority to tax colonists