What Contribution Did the Stamp Act Episode Make to the Colonists

question 7

Multiple Choice

What contribution did the Stamp Act episode make to the colonists' concept of liberty?

• A) The elite became more aware of liberty,but the lower classes remained unconcerned,choosing instead just to follow leaders who encouraged them to riot.
• B) The Stamp Act Congress insisted that the right to consent to taxation was essential to people's freedom.
• C) It led the Stamp Act Congress to adopt the Declaratory Act,which defined American liberties.
• D) It convinced colonists that revolting against Great Britain was the only way to secure their liberties.
• E) Requiring everyone freed from jail to wear a stamp reminded colonists that they were prisoners of the British empire.

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