Under the English constitution during the eighteenth century,
A) only American colonists were denied direct representation in Parliament.
B) large areas of England had no direct political representation.
C) all seats in American colonial assemblies were appointed.
D) each member of Parliament represented a particular geographic area.
E) the empire was made up of a federation of commonwealths.

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Large areas of England, known as "rotten" or "pocket" boroughs, had very few voters or were controlled by a single individual, leading to a lack of direct political representation for those areas.

Under the English Constitution During the Eighteenth Century