The Stamp Act Provoked a Stronger Colonial Response Than the Sugar

question 43

Multiple Choice

The Stamp Act provoked a stronger colonial response than the Sugar or Quartering Acts for all of the following reasons,except

• A) The Stamp Act applied to goods used by merchants and lawyers, thus stirring an educated and powerful opposition.
• B) The act had been passed by the king over the heads of British parliament, thus violating the British constitution.
• C) So much time passed between the passage of legislation and its effective date that colonists had time to organize their protest.
• D) The Stamp Act was a direct tax on the colonists.
• E) The proceeds of the tax were meant to pay the salaries of colonial officials, something the colonists themselves had done in the past.

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Mutual Rescission

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Obligations

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