Question

Which of the following best explains why Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766?

A Parliament agreed with the American colonists that the act was unfair.
B Colonial legislators were threatening to impose their own taxes.
C Colonists’ boycotts of British goods were hurting British trade.
D The British passed the Declaratory Act, which replaced it with a heavier tax.

Answer 1

C. Colonists’ boycotts of British goods were hurting British trade.

Step-by-step explanation:

The American Revolutionary War was a war of independence of the United States of America that was fought between the 19th of April, 1775 and 3rd of September, 1783. The war started when the delegates from the thirteen (13) American colonies in Congress (First continental congress) revolted against the Great Britain over their lack of representation in the colonies and refusal to give consent to parliament's taxation such as Stamp Act and Townshend Acts.

The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain (Britain Parliament) to impose a direct tax on the British colonies in America rather than levy a duty on traded goods.

Basically, the Stamp Act required that all printed materials and legal documents must bear a tax stamp through the payment of an amount of money as tax to a commissioned distributor in exchange for the stamp. Thus, it was imposed on the following items; dice, deeds, will, pamphlets, playing cards, newspaper, etc.

A royal assent was given to the Stamp Act on the 22nd of March, 176t and it officially took effect on the 1st of November, 1765.

The main purpose for this tax was to pay the wages of the British military troops that were made to stay and guard the American colonies after the French and Indian war.

However, the Parliament had to repeal the Stamp Act on the 18th of March, 1766 because the colonists’ boycotts of British goods were hurting British trade.