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Advanced Placement-Style United States History
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Peter F. Rothermel's "Patrick Henry Before the
Virginia House of Burgesses"
protesting the Stamp Act, 1765
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Question 976:

Which of the following was the main reason offered by colonists for opposing Parliament's taxes?

    (A)    the tax rates were higher in the colonies than in England
    (B)    Parliament did not have the authority to levy an internal tax
    (C)    taxes were not applied evenly throughout the colonies
    (D)    the money raised in the colonies would be spent elsewhere in the British Empire
    (E)    only the Continental Congress could administer taxes

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