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	Stamp Act Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting in October of 1765 of delegates from the American Colonies that discussed and acted upon the recently passed Stamp Act.
		This Congress is viewed by some as the first American action in or as a precursor of the American Revolution.
		The Stamp Act's provisions caused a reaction throughout the colonies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stamp_Act_Congress (747 words)

	Stamp Act 1765 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stamp taxes had been in use in Britain for a number of years, and were viewed as an equitable source of income.
		When Massachusetts asked for a general meeting, nine colonies sent representatives to a Stamp Act Congress to be held at Federal Hall in New York in October of 1765.
		The Stamp Act Congress can be seen in hindsight as an opening move in the American Revolution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stamp_Act_1765 (1129 words)

	Act Congress Picture Stamp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A Stamp Act Congress was established; and the Sons...
		Stamp Act, 1765, revenue law passed by the British Parliament during the ministry of George Grenville.
		Act commemorative stamp, based on the John McCarthy photograph at left, was released at Beatrice, Nebraska on May 20, 1962.
	www.1-rubber-stamp.info /1/act-congress-picture-stamp.html (304 words)

	American Revolution
		Act of the British Parliament that vested the government of Quebec in a governor and council and preserved the French Civil Code and the Roman Catholic Church.
		The act was thus a major cause of the American Revolution and provoked an invasion of Quebec by the armies of the revolting colonies in the winter of 1775-76.
		Like the Stamp act of the same year, it also was an assertion of British authority over the colonies, in disregard of the fact that troop financing had been exercised for 150 years by representative provincial assemblies rather than by the Parliament in London.
	www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu /coakhist/amrev.html (7027 words)

	Stamp act - United States History - Stamp Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting in October of 1765 of delegates from the In addition to the specifics of the Stamp Act taxes, it asserted that:
		Stamp Act, 1765, revenue law passed by the British Parliament during the ministry Faced with a loss of trade, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766.
		Stamp Act Congress The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting in October of 1765 of delegates from the British American Colonies that discussed and acted.
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	1765 Act Congress Stamp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Stamp act congress of 1765 was one of the first unified meetings between the colonies.
		Summary (see text of Act below) The Stamp Act was introduced by the British prime minister George Grenville and passed by the British Parliament in 1765 as a means of raising revenue in the American colonies.
		The Stamp Act of 1765 was passed by the British Parliament and was the first...
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	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Stamp Act Congress
		Stamp Act, act introduced by the British prime minister George Grenville and passed by the British Parliament in 1765 as a means of raising revenue...
		Otis was elected to the Massachusetts General Court (the legislature) in 1761 and three years later became the head of the Massachusetts branch of...
		At the Stamp Act Congress held in New York in 1765, representatives of nine American colonies met to protest against new taxes imposed by the British...
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	Stamp Act Congress - Online Tips Stamp Act Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Dickinson was elected from Pennsylvania to the Stamp Act Congress in 1765 and in 1768 published another pamphlet, Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies.
		Definition of Stamp Act Congress The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting in October of 1765 of delegates from the British American Colonies that discussed and acted upon the recently passed Stamp Act...
		Stamp Act Congress Stamp Act Congress, assembly of delegates from nine of the American colonies, convened in October 1765 at New York City to protest against the...
	www.ystamp.com /stampactcongress (2511 words)

	The Stamp Act, March 22, 1765
		The Stamp Act was introduced by the British prime minister George Grenville and passed by the British Parliament in 1765 as a means of raising revenue in the American colonies.
		The act extended to the colonies the system of stamp duties then employed in Great Britain and was intended to raise money to defray the cost of maintaining the military defenses of the colonies.
		The unity of the American colonists in their opposition to the Stamp Act contributed substantially to the rise of American nationalist sentiment, and the conflict between the colonists and the British government over the Stamp Act is often considered one of the chief immediate causes of the American Revolution.
	www.lexrex.com /enlightened/laws/stampact.htm (1387 words)

	Stamp act - Amendments in Delhi Stamp Act- The Economic Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The response to the Sugar Act and Stamp Act.
		Stamp Act, Rockingham, Hargreaves and Jenny In the 1760s there was a growing sense of nationalism, it was felt that the fundamental principles of
		The Stamp Act was an act introduced by the British prime minister George Grenville and The Stamp Act was the last straw.
	continents.onlineinfosource.com /?q=continents-stamp-act (241 words)

	Stamp act - American Revolution: Stamp Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Stamp Act Congress met in October 1765 (the first intercolonial 1700—1774), one of the Stamp Act’s supporters, and served as governor 1766—69.
		The Stamp Act Congress, which met in Oct., 1765, in New York City, Faced with a loss of trade, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766.
		On March 22, 1765, the Stamp Act was passed by Parliament without debate and was to Bound with this is a copy of repeal of the Stamp Act, London, 1766.
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	The History Place - Prelude to Revolution
		This act threatens to destabilize the entire colonial economy of both the industrial North and agricultural South, thus uniting the colonists against it.
		The Congress prepares a resolution to be sent to King George III and the English Parliament.
		The petition requests the repeal of the Stamp Act and the Acts of 1764.
	www.historyplace.com /unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm (2564 words)

	Stamp Act
		Stamp Act in March 1766 but at the same time passed the Declaratory Act, which said that Great Britain was superior (and boss of) the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever." The Stamp Act gave the colonists a target for their rage.
		Indeed, the Sons of Liberty was formed in response to this Act.
		The Stamp Act Congress also gave the colonists a model for the Continental Congress.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /wwww/us/stampactdef.htm (187 words)

	Encyclopedia: Stamp Act Congress
		A portion of the original text printed in 1765 The Stamp Act 1765 (short title Duties in American Colonies Act 1765; 5 George III, c.
		The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty).
		The Stamp Act 1765 was the fourth Stamp Act to be passed by the British Parliament and required all legal documents, permits, commercial contracts, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards in the American colonies to carry a tax stamp.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Stamp-Act-Congress (351 words)

	American History Sources - Journal of the Stamp Act Congress - 1765
		The congress resumed the consideration of the rights and privileges of the British American colonists, etc., the same was referred after sundry debates, for further consideration.
		We have also the misfortune to find, that all the penalties and forfeitures mentioned in the stamp act, and divers late acts of trade extending to the plantations, are, at the election of the informers, recoverable in any court of admiralty in America.
		It is recommended by the congress to the several colonies to appoint special agents for soliciting relief from their present grievances, and to unite their utmost interest and endeavors for that purpose.
	www.brandywinesources.com /1701-1775/1765HTMLJournalStampActCongress.html (3859 words)

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		The Stamp Act Congress convened in New York City on October 7 with nine colonies in...
		The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting in October of 1765 of delegates from the British American Colonies that discussed and acted upon the recently passed...
		From Revolution to Reconstruction: Essays: The Stamp Act and the...
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	Stamp Act
		The revenue obtained from the sale of stamps was designated for colonial defense; while the means of raising revenue was novel, the application of such revenue to defense continued existing British policy.
		The act was vehemently denounced in the colonies by those it most affected: businessmen, merchants, journalists, lawyers, and other powerful persons.
		The congress adopted the Declaration of Rights and Grievances; it declared that freeborn Englishmen could not be taxed without their consent, and, since the colonists were not represented in Parliament, any tax imposed on them without the consent of their colonial legislatures was unconstitutional.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0846474.html (362 words)

	RESOLUTIONS OF THE STAMP ACT CONGRESS - October 19, 1765
		Parliament enacted the Sugar Act in 1764 but merely announced its intentions to enact a stamp act if the colonies did not, within a year, come up with proposals to raise the revenue needed for the costs of administration.
		That act required the use of revenue stamps (ranging in cost from three pence to six pounds) on all legal documents and printed materials such as newspapers and playing cards.
		The Stamp Act Congress met in New York in October of 1765.
	homepages.udayton.edu /~alexanrs/STAMPACT.html (687 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 212, STAMP ACT CONGRESS: Library of Economics and Liberty
		STAMP ACT CONGRESS (IN), a body of delegates from all the colonies, except New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia, which met at New York, Oct. 7, and finally adjourned Oct. 25, 1765.
		The action of the congress was confined to an address to the king, petitions to parliament, and a declaration of the rights and grievances of the colonies.
		It was objected to, 1, as the act of an unconstitutional gathering, and 2, because of its denial of the right of parliamentary taxation.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy982.html (312 words)

	The American Revolution (John Bull and Uncle Sam)
		The Stamp Act, which taxed Americans for stamps imprinted on a wide variety of legal and official documents, was the first measure passed by the British parliament to arouse widespread antagonism in the thirteen colonies.
		This is a proof sheet of one-penny stamps, submitted for approval to the Commissioners of Stamps by an engraver on May 10, 1765.
		The Tea Act, passed by the House of Commons on April 27, 1773, was regarded in America as a strategy to induce the colonists, by lowering the price of tea, to consume more of it and therefore acknowledge the principle of British taxation.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/british/brit-2.html (1994 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents: Stamp Act Congress
		That His Majesty's subjects in these colonies, owe the same allegiance to the Crown of Great-Britain, that is owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august body the Parliament of Great Britain.
		That the duties imposed by several late Acts of Parliament, from the peculiar circumstances of these colonies, will be extremely burthensome and grievous; and from the scarcity of specie, the payment of them absolutely impracticable.
		That as the profits of the trade of these colonies ultimately center in Great-Britain, to pay for the manufactures which they are obliged to take from thence, they eventually contribute very largely to all supplies granted there to the Crown.
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	Stamp Act - Online Tips Stamp Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Stamp Act By the end of the French and Indian War, Britain was victorious.
		The Stamp Act of 1765 - 1766 was an act passed by the British Parliament requiring all legal documents licenses commercial...
		The Stamp Act of March 1765 was instituted to help defray the costs of maintaining British troops in the American colonies by issuing tax stamps for a wide range of public documents including...
	www.ystamp.com /stampact (2300 words)

	Stamp Act - 1765 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Provided always, That this act shall not extend to charge any bill of exchange, accompts, bills of parcels, bills of fees, or any bills or notes not sealed for payment of money at sight, or upon demand, or at the end of certain days of payment.
		Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall extend to charge with any of the said duties, any vellum, parchment, or paper, on which shall only be ingrossed, written, or printed, any certificate that shall be necessary to intitle any person to receive a bounty granted by act of parliament.
		And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That licences for selling or uttering by retail spirituous liquors or wine within any of the said colonies and plantations, shall be in force and serve for no longer than one year from the date of each licence respectively.
	ahp.gatech.edu /stamp_act_bp_1765.html (1190 words)

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