Which of the following was not a feature of the Stamp Act crisis of 1765?
A. The Stamp Act required colonists to pay a tax on transactions involving printed material.
B. The Stamp Act was passed by the Stamp Act Congress as a way to subvert the power of Parliament to tax the colonies.
C. Opponents of the Stamp Act claimed for colonists the full rights of Englishmen, while defenders of the act insisted that the colonies were subordinate to the mother country.
D. While resistance to the Stamp Act was launched by colonial elites, it soon developed into a mass movement involving thousands of ordinary Americans.
Answer: B. The Stamp Act was passed by the Stamp Act Congress as a way to subvert the power of Parliament to tax the colonies.
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