Which statement best describes Boucher's position in the Stamp Act Crisis?
a) He believed England had the right to tax the colonies whenever and however it
wanted to.
b) He believed that the colonies should immediately revolt and declare independence
from England.
c) He believed that Americans had, by tradition, never needed to pay taxes.
d) He believed that British agents in America were too ignorant or corrupt to inform
England on American conditions.
e) He ignored the situation, thinking that troublemakers in the colonies were riling
people up over nothing.
d
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