Question

The Stamp Act ( March 22, 1765) was notable because ____________________.

• A. the simple act of having it directly led to real change in British policy
• B. the delegates at the Stamp Act Congress threatened violence if their demands were not met
• C. it was the first a majority of the colonies had united for a common goal
• D. it was held without consent of the legislature of any of the colonies
• E. it demand representation in Parliament for the colonies and warned of wholesale rejection of any forthcoming British policy until representation was granted

Answer 1

The correct option is A the simple act of having it directly led to real change in British policy

The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on all American colonists. According to the act, the colonists were to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used, which included newspapers, legal documents and playing cards. The money collected from the taxes were to be used for defending the boundaries marked in the Proclamation of 1963.