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 other words, voters choose the electors, and the electors choose the President. Each state gets votes in the electoral college. The number of votes allotted to each state is determined by adding up all the members of the United States Congress who are elected from that state. For example, Maine has two U.S. Senators and two U.S. Representatives, for a total of four members of Congress.