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Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766. Which pressure moved it to yield?
ABritish troops unable to hold the port of Boston
BBritish courts ruling the tax unconstitutional
CBritish officials fearing a French intervention
DBritish merchants hurt by the American boycott
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. British merchants hurt by the American boycott
1. Colonial merchants met the Stamp Act by forming non-importation associations.
2. Trade with the mother country fell off sharply in the summer of 1765.
3. The loss landed on British merchants, who felt the effects of the American boycott.
4. Those merchants threw their weight behind a movement for repeal.
5. In 1766 Parliament yielded, repealing the Stamp Act and modifying the Sugar Act.
6. Parliament itself was unwilling to accept the colonial constitutional argument, so a ruling on the law was not the cause.
7. France had been driven from the continent in 1763, so no French intervention was in view.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section TAX DISPUTE ABATES_
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