The Sugar Act and Stamp Act were two of numerous taxes put in place on the colonies.â When George Grenville taxed the colonies all he was think of what would benefit the England and how to get out of the hole they were in after the war.
It was established by Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution and modified by the 12th and 23rd Amendments. The Electoral College consists of a total of 538 members: one for each United States Senator and Representative, and three additional electors representing the District of Columbia.
How many electoral votes does each state have? In the electoral college, each state gets one electoral vote for each of their members of the House of Representatives and the Senate. There are 538 total electoral votes and a presidential candidate needs 270 to win the election.