THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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Question
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The colonists did not have anyone representing them in Parliament. Therefore the slogan “no taxation without ____ “ led to the conflicts that would eventually lead to revolution.
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Disorientation
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Disintegration
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Representation
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Regression
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Massachusetts Assembly.
Detailed explanation-2: -In short, many colonists believed that as they were not represented in the distant British parliament, any taxes it imposed on the colonists (such as the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts) were unconstitutional, and were a denial of the colonists’ rights as Englishmen.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Act resulted in violent protests in America and the colonists argued that there should be “No Taxation without Representation” and that it went against the British constitution to be forced to pay a tax to which they had not agreed through representation in Parliament.
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