Grenville moved smuggling trials from civil courts to vice-admiralty courts because
A) the civil courts had too many cases.
B) the harsh penalties handed down by civil courts drove up black market prices and actually increased smuggling.
C) colonial smugglers found sympathetic juries in civil courts.
D) rival factions in Parliament had control of judges in civil courts.
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Q4: When the Massachusetts Assembly refused to rescind
Q5: The repeal of the Stamp Act resulted
Q6: In examining the Stamp Act, James Otis
Q7: The Declaratory Act
A)announced a new tax on
Q8: Colonists reacted to the restrictions imposed by
Q10: The attack on Thomas Hutchinson's house revealed
Q11: Grenville's American Revenue Act of 1764
A)empowered custom
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Q13: The concept of "virtual representation" meant that
A)the
Q14: Colonists celebrated the Stamp Act's repeal with
A)calls
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