The spread of Enlightenment ideas in the American colonies helped trigger the American Revolution by:A.convincing American colonists to resist the British monarchy using nonviolent methods.B.popularizing the idea that only oppressive governments relied on the rule of law.C.demonstrating that small rebel groups could defeat much stronger imperial powers.D.suggesting that leaders could not tax citizens without giving them a voice in government.
Question
The spread of Enlightenment ideas in the American colonies helped trigger the American Revolution by:A.convincing American colonists to resist the British monarchy using nonviolent methods.B.popularizing the idea that only oppressive governments relied on the rule of law.C.demonstrating that small rebel groups could defeat much stronger imperial powers.D.suggesting that leaders could not tax citizens without giving them a voice in government.
Solution
The spread of Enlightenment ideas in the American colonies helped trigger the American Revolution by:
D. suggesting that leaders could not tax citizens without giving them a voice in government.
This is a reference to the concept of "No taxation without representation," a slogan during the 1750s and 1760s that summarized a primary grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies. It was one of the major causes of the American Revolution. In short, many in those colonies believed that, as they were not directly represented in the distant British Parliament, any laws it passed affecting the colonists (such as the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act) were illegal under the Bill of Rights 1689, and were a denial of their rights as Englishmen.
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