The colonists criticized the Stamp Acts as "taxation without representation", because the colonists did not have consent over this form of taxation imposed on them. It was a decision made in the British Parliament without anyone representing the colonies when this decision was upheld.
I think the correct phrase for the answer is, dissolve the political bands. It was the political bands that tie the American people as a British colony. Thomas Jefferson clearly states the bond between the states that prohibits them from their freedom.
Mari had 10,000 and Akkad 36,000 (Modelski, 6) while in 2300 BCE Uruk had a population of 50,000
Similarities:
-They were both ambitious and nationalistic.
-They imposed social and orderly changes in their nations
-They both had conquered the majority of Europe
-They were both absolute rulers