The british parliament passed the stamp act in order to
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British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765. The Act levied a tax on all printed material in the American colonies, leading to widespread protests. Why did the American colonists object to the Stamp Act?
Choose 1 answer: A:They believed that the tax was exorbitantly high, and should have been less than half the amount prescribed by the Act B:They believed that Parliament had no right to tax them as they had no direct representation in that legislative body C:They believed that a tax on printed materials unfairly targeted the literate population of the colonies