Question refers to the excerpt below. “resolved, 1st. that every form of government rightfully founded, originates from the consent of the people. 2d. that the boundaries set by the people in all constitutions are the only limits within which any officer can lawfully exercise authority. 3d. that whenever those bounds are exceeded, the people have a right to reassume the exercise of that authority which by nature they had before they delegated it to individuals. 4th. that every tax imposed upon english subjects without consent is against the natural rights and the bounds prescribed by the english constitution. 5th. that the stamp act in special, is a tax imposed on the colonies without their consent. 6th. that it is the duty of every person in the colonies to oppose by every lawful means the execution of those acts imposed on them, and if they can in no other way be relieved, to reassume their natural rights and the authority the laws of nature and of god have vested them with.” —from the connecticut resolutions on the stamp act: december 10, 1765 how is the excerpt related to the seven years' war? after colonial leaders failed to unite in albany, they passed individual laws to support the war. after the war, the various colonies decided they needed to support all british official laws. it reflects the agreements made at the albany conference to unite behind colonial issues. it is a response to a british law designed to pay for the war effort in north america.