British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765. The Act levied a tax on all printed material in the American colonies, leading to widespread protests. Why did the American colonists object to the Stamp Act? Choose 1 (Choice A) A They believed that the tax was exorbitantly high, and should have been less than half the amount prescribed by the Act (Choice B) B They believed that Parliament had no right to tax them as they had no direct representation in that legislative body (Choice C) C They believed that a tax on printed materials unfairly targeted the literate population of the colonies