Why did the virginia house of burgesses condemn the stamp act? a. virginians did not want to pay more for rum. b. wills, deeds, and other legal documents were still valid in court, even if the taxes had not been paid. c. the members of the house of burgesses believed that only they had the authority to levy taxes in virginia. d. virginians were opposed to the portions of the law which required them to house british troops in private homes.

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.