What was the main reason the Stamp Act was repealed?
A. Britain was responding to colonial assemblies' formal protests.
B. Grenville was replaced as prime minister by Lord Rockingham.
C. The nonimportation movement.
D. Britain was worried about the threat of increasingly violent and destructive mob action.
Answer: B
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