The purpose of the petition sent a king george the third by the first continental congress was to? a. request a place in parliament for colonial delegates b. request that the king consider granting independence to the established colonies c. declared the right to bear arms in pursuit of liberty d. declare their right to approve laws passed by parliament on behalf of the colonies

in mcculloch v. maryland (1819) the supreme court ruled that congress had implied powers under the necessary and proper clause of article i, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the united states and that the state of maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.

gibbons v. ogden, (1824), was a landmark decision in which the supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the united states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.