"Virtual" Representation Was the British Theory That

question 103

Multiple Choice

"Virtual" representation was the British theory that

• A) colonists could cast "virtual" votes in Parliament without being physically present.
• B) members of Parliament represented all British subjects even those who had not voted for them.
• C) colonists could elect their own representatives to Parliament.
• D) Parliament could pass virtually all types of legislation except taxes.
• E) the colonists' political virtue was embodied in Parliament.

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