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.
In the Electoral College system, each state gets a certain number of electors, based on each state's total number of representation in Congress. Each elector casts one electoral vote following the general election; there are a total of 538 electoral votes. The candidate that gets more than half (270) wins the election. The president-elect and vice president-elect take the oath of office and are inaugurated in January. Download or order a poster.