Perhaps the most immediately effective protest against the Stamp Act was the

A) organization of mob riots by the Sons of Liberty.
B) passage of formal resolutions by the Virginia House of Burgesses.
C) boycott of British goods by American merchants.
D) formation of an intercolonial Stamp Act Congress.


Answer: A

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