2017 · Q111
Statement IThe passing of the Coercive Acts made reconciliation between Britain and her American colonies virtually impossible.
Statement IIThe British Parliament, having issued the Stamp Act in 1765, repeated it later.
General KnowledgeStatic General Awareness
- ABoth the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I.
- BBoth the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I.
- CStatement I is true but Statement II is false.
- DStatement I is false but Statement II is true.
Explanation
The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts of 1774 did make reconciliation virtually impossible (I true). But the 1765 Stamp Act was repealed in March 1766 and never re-enacted — Parliament instead asserted its taxing power through the Declaratory Act and the Townshend duties — so Statement II is false. The stored key (B) was wrong. Hence C.