Chapter 12

§§ 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?

§§ 110-113.--_a_. Explain the difference between the Stamp Act Congress and the earlier Congress.

_b_. What did the Stamp Act Congress do?

_c_. Give an account of Franklin. What did Franklin say about the feeling in the colonies?

_d_. Explain carefully the causes which led to the repeal of the Stamp Act.

_e_. Can the taxing power and the legislative power be separated? What is the case to-day in your own state? In the United States?

§§ 114-116.--_a_. How did Townshend try to raise money? How did this plan differ from the Stamp tax?

_b_. What was the Massachusetts Circular Letter? Why was it important?

_c_. What was the result of the seizure of the _Liberty_?

§§ 117, 118.--_a_. What were the Virginia Resolves of 1769? Why were they passed?

_b_. What were the Non-importation agreements?

_c_. What action did the British merchants take? What results followed?