MCAP Grade 8 Social Studies Practice Questions - Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program Social Studies - Grade 8 Exam

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Read the excerpt below from the Declaration of Rights passed by the Stamp Act Congress (1765): "That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them, but with their own consent, given personally, or by their representatives." This statement reflects which central colonial argument against British taxation?

Colonies should pay higher taxes than citizens residing in Great Britain. Parliament had the right to tax colonies, but only during peacetime. Taxation without representation in the British Parliament violated colonial rights. Colonies preferred to pay taxes directly to the French government.

Correct Answer:

Taxation without representation in the British Parliament violated colonial rights.

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