All of the following are true about the Stamp
Act EXCEPT
(A) the act directly affected all colonists
(B) as a result of colonial resistance to the
Stamp Act, all taxes were repealed
except a small tax on tea
(C) the stamp tax was a direct tax
(D) the act resulted in a boycott of British
goods that severely damaged British
merchants
(E) the colonists’ theory of “taxation without
representation” developed in response to
this act