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In an effort to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories won from the French in the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), the British government passes the Stamp Act on this day in 1765. The legislation levied a direct tax on all materials printed for commercial and legal use in the colonies, from newspapers and pamphlets to playing cards and dice.
The correct answer is B) He became an opponent of the tax and attempted to explain to Parliament why the colonists were so resistant to it.
The other options of the question were A) He organized a rebellion against Parliament and the Stamp Act, which resulted in the stamp tax being repealed. C) He drafted a letter to King George explaining the colonists' feelings about the tax and suggested ways to convince them to cooperate. D) He wrote and delivered a motivational speech to the colonists in support of the Stamp Act, which resulted in a peaceful compromise.
The statement that explains how Benjamin Franklin reacted to the Stamp Act when he learned the colonists were so angry about it is the following: "He became an opponent of the tax and attempted to explain to Parliament why the colonists were so resistant to it."
What prominent politician Benjamin Franklin decided to do was to testify before the British House of Commons in 1766 against the Stamp Act, trying to explain to them that the American people already paid many taxes and had no more money to pay another tax. The worst part of it was that -Franklin said- Americans paid taxes but had no voice or representation in the English Parliament.
