The Most Important Reason for Repeal of the Stamp Act

question 10

Multiple Choice

The most important reason for repeal of the Stamp Act was the

• A) formal protests made by colonial assemblies.
• B) replacement of Grenville as prime minister by Lord Rockingham.
• C) nonimportation movement.
• D) threat of even more violent and destructive mob action.

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Definitions:

Unpleasant Shared Experience

A negative or distressing event that is experienced collectively by a group, linking the members through their common ordeal.

Clasts

Fragments or grains of mineral or rock, detached from a parent source, and usually compacted or cemented into a sedimentary rock.

Breccia

A coarse-grained sedimentary rock composed of angular fragments of minerals or rocks cemented together, often formed in volcanic or faulting environments.

Rounded Clasts

Clasts or rock fragments that have been rounded by the mechanical weathering process, typically found in sedimentary rocks.