Question

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

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers, specifically stated that taxation without representation is theft