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The Stamp Act Congress (October 7 – 25, 1765), also known as the Continental Congress of 1765, was a meeting held in New York City in the colonial Province of New York.It included representatives from most of the British colonies in North America, which sought a unified strategy against newly imposed taxes by the British Parliament, particularly the Stamp Act.
In response to the Stamp and Tea Acts, the Declaration of Rights and Grievances was a document written by the Stamp Act Congress and passed on October 14, 1765. American colonists opposed the acts because they were passed without the consideration of the colonists' opinion, violating their belief that there should be "no taxation without Representation".
The Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. c. 12), was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London which included an embossed revenue stamp .
In 1765 when protests over the Stamp Act resulted in calling a Congress of the several colonies in New York City, the Maryland Assembly sent Murdock as one of its delegates. [7] [8] Delegates from the Stamp Act Congress later produced the Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
The Stamp Act of 1765 required various printed materials in the colonies to use stamped paper produced in London, and was effectively a tax on the colonies. [3] The direct imposition of a tax on the colonies by Parliament was controversial, due to the common English belief that the people could only be taxed by their own representatives.
The Stamp Act 1712 was an act passed in the United Kingdom on March 22nd 1765 to create a new tax on publishers, particularly of newspapers. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The initial assessed rate of tax was one penny per whole newspaper sheet, a halfpenny for a half sheet, and one shilling per advertisement contained within. [ 9 ]
The Braintree Instructions was a document sent on September 24, 1765 by the town meeting of Braintree, Massachusetts to the town's representative at the Massachusetts General Court, or legislature, which instructed the representative to oppose the Stamp Act, a tax regime which had recently been adopted by the British Parliament in London.
He participated in the October 1765 Stamp Act Congress as a representative of the Massachusetts General Court and was elected its president. Called to devise a common colonial response to the Parliament 's 1765 Stamp Act , Ruggles refused to sign both the Declaration of Rights and Grievances sent by the Congress to King George III and the ...