Article , Section of the U

question 14

Multiple Choice

Article , Section of the U.S. Constitution gives the federal government the "Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imports, and Excises."

• A) I; 6
• B) I; 8
• C) II; 3
• D) II; 5

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Definitions:

Educated Elite

Individuals who have achieved a high level of education and often hold positions of power or influence within society.

Crowd Action

Collective behavior by people gathered in a public space, often spontaneous and motivated by a common goal or grievance.

Tea Act

A 1773 act by the British Parliament granting the East India Company the right to sell tea to the American colonies free of the taxes that colonial tea sellers had to pay, leading to the Boston Tea Party.

Boston Tea Party

A protest by American colonists in 1773 against British taxation, in which they boarded British ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor.