Which statement best describes the events of February 4, 1861? Delegates in South Carolina met to vote on whether or not to secede from the Union. Citizens went to the polls to vote for Lincoln, Douglas, Breckinridge, or Bell for the presidency. Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter and forced Union soldiers to surrender. Delegates from several Southern states met to form a new Confederate government.

Which statement below best explains the meaning of the 3rd resolution? a. residents of the colonies do not occupy a lesser status than citizens who live in england, the motherland. b. the meaning of freedom is that individuals never have to pay taxes. c. free people are capable of and should take responsibility for their own tax obligations and the purposes they serve. d. the stamp act congress, with this document, is giving permission--consent--to have taxes imposed upon them by parliament. e. americans have different ideas about rights and freedom than englishmen.