Didn't they have special religious ceremonies, a special religious calendar, and highly esteemed religious priests...
The answer is: true! Jefferson and Burr were both candidates from the Democratic-Republican Party. This election took place prior to the institution of primaries and thus both Jefferson and Burr went up against the incumbent, John Adams, and Charles Pinckney. At this time, whoever secured the most electoral votes would win and whoever came in second would serve as the Vice President.
This election took place prior to the passage of the 12th Amendment and thus electors within the Electoral College were able to cast <em>two </em>votes. A plan was hatched to ensure that Jefferson won one more electoral vote than Burr, but the plan was botched. The election then went to the House of Representatives where it was finally decided that Jefferson be president and Burr his vice president.
They represented a new departure in imperial policy. For the first time, Im pretty sure parliament attempted to raise money from direct taxes in the colonies rather than through the regulation of trade. The act required that all sorts of printed material produced in the colonies- newspapers, books, court documents, commercial papers, land deeds, almanacs, etc. - carry a stamp purchased from authorities. The Act was the first major split between colonists and Great Britain over the meaning of freedom.
Answer:
D. was a way to make them accept British taxes.
Explanation:
no taxation without representation
