How Were the Funds Collected Under the Stamp Act to Be

question 15

Multiple Choice

How were the funds collected under the Stamp Act to be spent?

• A) For personal use by the king
• B) Toward improvements to roads and waterways
• C) For defense and protection of the colonies
• D) For replanting forests used to make paper

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