One reason that American protests against the Stamp Act were vehement was that it
A) was a new form of taxation, having no precedent in England.
B) greatly increased the cost of all articles imported into America.
C) taxed influential and articulate groups such as lawyers and newspaper editors.
D) prohibited the hiring of colonists responsible for printing and distributing the stamps.
C
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