How was the stamp act different from earlier taxes imposed on the british colonies?

The Stamp Act was the first tax which the American colonists had to pay directly for the British.

Explanation:

Until the Stamp Act of 1765 the taxes were indirectly paid, the Americans colonists did not pay taxes directly, the merchants paid it. The Stamp Act required that all legal documents and printed papers used by the American colonists should have a tax stamp which was made by London and was taxed.

according to classical republican political theory, which democratic republics would function best?

a.   small republics, with people who had similar interests

b.   large republics, with people who had competing interests

c.   republics made up entirely of landowners

d.   republics made up entirely of servants

i only have part a but here is the first one: - lewis and clark are born

- lewis marries sacajawea and clark is jealous  

- clark drowns lewis and then goes to jail