Why did the colonists object to the stamp act?
a. did not want to pay for stamps
b. accused tax collectors of cheating them
c. believed no governments had the right to tax
d. had no representation in parliament

answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

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