Why did English colonists on the North American mainland respond with such outrage to the Stamp Act of 1765? Multiple Choice The tax challenged colonists' traditional rights as British subjects. The tax especially targeted the poor and the voiceless. The tax was enormously steep. North American colonists had to pay a higher rate than English colonists in the West Indies.

Why did English colonists on the North American mainland respond with such outrage to the Stamp Act of 1765? Multiple Choice The tax challenged colonists' traditional rights as British subjects. The tax especially targeted the poor and the voiceless. The tax was enormously steep. North American colonists had to pay a higher rate than English colonists in the West Indies.