JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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Question
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Parliament paid little attention to America
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The colonists were not accepted as British Citizens
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Parliament encouraged the colonist to make America a separate country
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Quartering Act. The British further angered American colonists with the Quartering Act, which required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to British troops.
Detailed explanation-2: -Each colony had its own government, but the British king controlled these governments. By the 1770s, many colonists were angry because they did not have self-government. This meant that they could not govern themselves and make their own laws. They had to pay high taxes to the king.
Detailed explanation-3: -They believed in a peaceful settlement. Others believed that if the Crown could tax them without representation, then other rights might be taken away from them.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many American colonists refused to pay Stamp Act tax The American colonists were angered by the Stamp Act and quickly acted to oppose it. Because of the colonies’ sheer distance from London, the epicenter of British politics, a direct appeal to Parliament was almost impossible.