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According to the colonists, what did the American Board of Customs Commissioners do?
 
  A) It pursued a program that was little more than a system of legalized piracy.
  B) It functioned only if the British government furnished the funds needed to pay the commissioners.
  C) It offered a more efficient and equitable method of collecting customs because it was an American, rather than a British, commission.
  D) It was made up of treasonous Tories who should have been hanged in the town square.
  E) It was hampered in defending merchant John Hancock because of British regulations.

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What agreement did the delegates to the Stamp Act Congress reach?
 
  A) They agreed that the colonies should declare their independence if Parliament did not repeal the Stamp Act.
  B) They agreed to boycott any products requiring official British stamps.
  C) They agreed that Parliament did not have the right to levy taxes outside of Great Britain.
  D) They agreed to send delegates to London to petition for recognition as the colonies true legislature.
  E) They agreed to accept the Stamp Act if Parliament offered membership to American representatives.



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