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Stamp Act Congress
This inter-colonial body of political leaders from nine colonies met for a few days in October 1765 to consider ways to protest the Stamp Act. The delegates drafted a petition declaring that Parliament should not tax Americans, since they were not represented in that legislative body. The Congress showed that the colonies, when aggrieved, could act in unity, an important precedent for further inter-colonial resistance efforts in years to come.
- Part of Speech: proper noun
- Industry/Domain: History
- Category: American history
- Company: University of Houston
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