In the process of apportionment 435 memberships of the US House of Representatives are divided between 50 American states.
Each state has the right for one member in the House of Representatives, the rest of the seats are distributed accordingly with the congressional district, which is a territorial division that has its boundary based in the number of the population registered by the Census.
A congressional district allows the area to elect one member, if the population changes in one area it may change the number of seats that congressional district can elect. So after the Census is completed the legislative seats are reapportioned. The number of seats can increase or be lowered.
Answer: Members were expected to give tribute to the treasury which was used to build & maintain the naval fleet led by Athens. Initially members swore to hold the same enemies and allies by taking an oath.
The Quartering Act was passed primarily in response to greatly increased empire defense costs in America following the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War.
They had their own strategies and it would be foolish to think that they didn't have thier own desires and knowledge. They were choosing the European powers which they thought would serve their cause, that is why some supported one European power and the others supported another European power. Their role was great because they knew the ground well.
