Stamp Act Congress

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The Stamp Act Congress was a 1765 meeting of delegates from several American colonies that coordinated a unified protest against British taxation and helped lay groundwork for colonial unity before the American Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event ⓘ
intercolonial congress ⓘ
political assembly ⓘ
adoptedDocument Declaration of Rights and Grievances ⓘ
aimedTo coordinate colonial response to British taxation ⓘ
assertedPrinciple no taxation without representation ⓘ
rights of Englishmen for colonists ⓘ
contributedTo development of intercolonial unity ⓘ
emergence of a collective American identity ⓘ
convenedBy Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
country British America ⓘ
draftedDocument Declaration of Rights and Grievances ⓘ
endDate 1765-10-25 ⓘ
excludedColony Georgia ⓘ
New Hampshire ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
followedBy Declaratory Act ⓘ
repeal of the Stamp Act ⓘ
hasLocation New York City ⓘ
Province of New York ⓘ
hasNumberOfColoniesRepresented 9 ⓘ
hasNumberOfDelegates 27 ⓘ
historicalPeriod prelude to the American Revolution ⓘ
keyDelegate James Otis Jr. ⓘ
John Dickinson ⓘ
Robert R. Livingston ⓘ
Thomas McKean ⓘ
William Samuel Johnson ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legacy model for later Continental Congresses ⓘ
opposedLaw Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
petitioned House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
King George III ⓘ
politicalContext British imperial crisis ⓘ
reasonForMeeting opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765 ⓘ
protest against taxation without representation ⓘ
representedColony Connecticut ⓘ
Delaware ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
startDate 1765-10-07 ⓘ
year 1765 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stamp Act 1765 → opposedBy → Stamp Act Congress ⓘ
British colonial authorities in New York → significantEvent → New York Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
linked to: Stamp Act Congress
Declaration of Rights and Grievances → author → Stamp Act Congress ⓘ
Declaration of Rights and Grievances → creator → Stamp Act Congress ⓘ
Declaration of Rights and Grievances → statedIn → Stamp Act Congress proceedings ⓘ
linked to: Stamp Act Congress