Answer: Political rulers assumed authority based on the divine right of kings.
Explanation:
The tax was to help with the cost of maintaining the colonies
According to what I read above
The only two true statements about the Democratic Party would be that "The Democrats won the Presidency in the 90's but lost control of the Congress" and "<span>In the 1850's Democrats fought over the slavery issue in California," since during this time the Democrats were mostly pro-slavery. </span>