The Stamp Act of 1765 was designed to help reduce the national debt after the Seven Years' War, but it resulted in:
a. A trade deficit with France, as colonial merchants eagerly bought French newspapers to avoid paying the stamp tax.
b. The quartering of troops in the colonies in order to enforce the new taxes.
c. The dumping of chests full of playing cards carrying the new stamps in Philadelphia's Center Square.
d. The assembly of the First Continental Congress.
b. The quartering of troops in the colonies in order to enforce the new taxes.
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