How did the colonists justify their protests and ultimate rebellion?

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865

Which statement best describes standard oil in the late 1800s? standard oil controlled only a small number of the nation’s oil refineries. standard oil was a single business that operated in a small region. standard oil controlled only the means and methods of oil production. standard oil owned ninety percent of all oil refineries in the united states.

What is one important quote from each of the following philosophers and what do they each mean? thomas hobbes, john locke, and baron de montesquieu