The Stamp Act crisis brought the colonies to the brink of war with the British, but the crisis subsided largely because
a. colonial leaders were unable to organize significant protests
b. England could not afford another costly war
c. English merchants, hurt by the colonial boycott, asked Parliament to repeal the act
d. the colonies were militarily too powerful for Britain to fight
e. the colonial petitions persuaded Britain to rethink its position
Answer: C