Question 1
Which of the following statements best expresses the argument presented by James Otis in his 1764 pamphlet protesting the Sugar Act and the proposed Stamp Act?
a. Although Parliament may regulate trade, only the colonial assemblies have the power to enact lawspertaining to domestic affairs in their respective colonies.
b. Because the colonists live some three thousand miles from the mother country, it is understood that they donot enjoy all of the rights of Englishmen.
c. Even though the colonists believe an act of Parliament to be unconstitutional, they must obey that act until itis repealed.
d. A colonial assembly has power equal to that of the British Parliament.
Question 2
What best describes the French Republic's army in the 1790s?
a. It received little backing from the home front.
b. It was small, but effective in battle.
c. It was fueled modern nationalism and was raised through total mobilization of the population.
d. It was totally defeated by foreign aristocratic forces.
e. It got weaker and smaller as the decade went by.
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