Answer:
From what I learned in middle school, the colonist reacted to the stamp act in a bad way was because colonists were required to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. From what I found, the tax was from ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.
The speaker exert power over a committee : C. by appointing the chair and a majority of the members
With this, he basically gain total control over the committee since he can put anyone he likes in it
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Explain further maybe... otherwise I could help better!
I think it is d if I'm wrong I'm sorry