The colonists believed that the British were trying to trick them into paying taxes by offering to sell them tea directly through the East India Company.
Why did colonist form committees to enforce nonimportation agreements?
To ensure that colonist observed the boycott of British goods.
There were some policies where in the balance of slave and Free State was kept. A good example of this was the Missouri Compromise. However, When the Kansas Nebraska Act came it threatened that balance since states can now decide among themselves. Eventually it took the American Civil War to end slavery in the United States.
2To describe
3To conquer
4To persuade
Answer:
4. To persuade
Explanation:
In this excerpt, Otis's purpose is most likely to persuade. Otis tells us that no person should be able to take another person's property without their consent. He believes this is what happens with the taxes the British take from the colonists. As the colonists have not been able to vote for the British representatives, this means that they have not consented. Otis wants to persuade the audience that this is an unfair situation.
The answer is C Heliocentric Theory