I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option A. All of the following were true about Alfred Thayer Mahan except his legacy was achieved through his writings, not his military service. He <span>was a </span>United States Navy admiral<span>, </span>geostrategist<span>, and </span>historian<span>, who has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century.</span>
The correct answer is B) They were not represented by the government that was taxing them.
The colonists resisted the new taxes imposed on them because they were not represented by the government that was taxing them.
The American colonists were upset and angry due to the heavy taxation imposed by the British crown. The colonist did not have any voice or representation in the British Parliament. And that was not fair for the, There was a quote in those years that said: "taxation without representation is tyranny." Taxes such as the Sugar Act, the Tea Act or the Stamp Ac, caused the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
