We can see here that the arguments presented in documents A and B are contrasted with this account. Both stories, A and B, bolster the patriots' agitation against the Stamp Act. They support the colonists' response and provide justifications for it based on the constitution.
Additionally, they help the colonists in reclaiming what is rightfully theirs and promote the anti-English campaign. In contrast, document C places blame and essentially summarizes their response as being focused on hate and turmoil, even though the actual point being made is about the reserve and preservation of natural rights.
The complete question is:
Document A: B.W.’s Public Letter
This public letter appeared on the front page of The Boston-Gazette and Country Journal, a colonial newspaper, on October 7, 1765. The author’s name was printed as “B.W.”
Document B: From a London Newspaper
Will Alfred wrote this public letter to Secretary Henry Seymour Conway. Conway was one of two of Britain’s Secretaries of State and was responsible for relations with the American colonies. The letter was first published in a London newspaper and then was published in the Boston Gazette Supplement on January 27, 1766, nearly three months after the Stamp Act went into effect.
Document C: A Stamp Act Collector’s Letter
John Hughes, a stamp tax collector in Philadelphia, wrote this letter to his bosses in London.
How does the account in this document compare to the accounts in Documents A and B? Do you think most colonists were upset about the Stamp Act, or do you think a few leaders riled up everyone?