Most British merchants responded to colonists' resistance to the Stamp Act by...

   

• calling for military action against the protesters to re-stabilize trade.
• calling for a return to the old policy of salutary neglect.shifting their trade to the Caribbean and South America.
• supporting the American cause because the colonial boycott led to a drastic decline in their sales.

ANSWER: Most British merchants responded to colonists' resistance to the Stamp Act by supporting the American cause because the colonial boycott led to a drastic decline in their sales.