A federal case in Texas would begin in a US Court of Appeals for Circuit Five. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth circuit handles appeals from district courts in Texas Louisiana and Mississippi.
Q. Colonial protests and boycotts against the Stamp Act eventually led to the Boston Tea Party. False, it led to Parliament's decision to repeal the Act. Q. The taxes imposed on the colonies to help pay for The French and Indian War was a major cause of the eventual American Revolution.
Delegates from each of the Thirteen Colonies met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776 to decide the case for liberty. The goal was to convince the States that the time had come for the United Colonies to declare their independence from Mother England.
The most important powers include the power to tax, to borrow money, to regulate commerce and currency, to declare war, and to raise armies and maintain the navy. These powers give Congress the authority to set policy on the most basic matters of war and peace.
