A history of the United States for schools . friend in Pitt, the Americans found an implacable enemyin the new king, George III., who had come to the thronein 1760, at the age of twenty-two. There was then going on in England a hot disputeover this very same businessof no taxation without rep-resentation, and it was adispute in which the youth-ful king felt bound to op-pose Pitt to the bitter us see just what thedispute was. In such a body as theBritish House of Commonsor the American House ofRepresentatives, the differ-ent parts of the country arerepresented according topopulation. Fo
A history of the United States for schools . friend in Pitt, the Americans found an implacable enemyin the new king, George III., who had come to the thronein 1760, at the age of twenty-two. There was then going on in England a hot disputeover this very same businessof no taxation without rep-resentation, and it was adispute in which the youth-ful king felt bound to op-pose Pitt to the bitter us see just what thedispute was. In such a body as theBritish House of Commonsor the American House ofRepresentatives, the differ-ent parts of the country arerepresented according topopulation. For example, to-day New York, with over5,000,000 inhabitants, has thirty-four representatives inCongress, while Delaware, with about 170,000 inhabit-ants, has only one representative. This is a fair pro-portion ; but as population increases faster in someplaces than in others, the same proportion is liable tobecome unfair. To keep it fair it must now and then be 1 After a print in Enticks Hislory of the Late War, 3d ed., London,1770, vol. GEORGE §79- CAUSES AND BEGINNINGS. I93 changed. In the United States, every tenth year, aftera new census has been taken, we have the How theseats in the House of Representatives freshly representa- ^ -^ tion 01 the distributed among the States, so that the rep- people isresentation is always kept pretty fair. A hun- the^United*dred men in any one part of the country count ^*^^^-for about as much as a hundred men in any otherpart. Now in England, when George III. came to the throne,there had been nothing like a redistribution of seats inthe House of Commons for more than two hun-dred years. During that time, some old towns of°affairsand districts had dwindled in population, and Qgo iiisome great cities had lately grown up, such as cametotiieManchester and Sheffield. These cities hadno representatives in Parliament, which was as absurdand unfair as it would be for a great state like Missourito have no representatives in Congress. On
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