§ 103.--a. Name some instances which illustrate England's early policy toward its colonies.
b. Explain the later change of policy, giving reasons for it.
§§ 104, 105.--a. What reasons did Otis give for his opposition to the writs of assistance? Why are such writs prohibited by the Constitution of the United States?
b. What is a veto? What right had the King of Great Britain to veto a Virginia law? Which side really won in the Parson's Cause?
§ 106.--What colonies claimed land west of the Alleghany Mountains? How did the king interfere with these claims?
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§§ 107-109.--a. What reasons were given for keeping an army in America?
b. What is meant by saying that Parliament was "the supreme power in the British Empire"?
c. Is a stamp tax a good kind of tax?
d. Explain carefully the colonists' objections to the Stamp Act of 1765. Do the same objections hold against the present Stamp tax?