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Why did colonial assembles send delegates to the Stamp Act Congress?
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To draw up a petition to the king protesting the stamp act. The petition declared that the right to tax the colonies belonged to the colonial assemblies, not to parliament.
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What was the Stamp Act Congress?
....the stamp act congress...critics of the law called for delegates from every colony to meet in new york city
What was NOT an early attempt at colonial union the?
Stamp Act Congress
What was the meeting of the delegates from the colonies to discusss the stamp act called?
The meeting of delegates from the colonies to discuss the Stamp Act was called The Stamp Act Congress. It took place in New York City between October 7 and 25, 1765 .
What did colonial delegates speak up for in their assemblies?
they spoke up for the colonists about the stamp act and the Townshend acts
What was the original gathering of delegates from throughout the American colonies called?
The Stamp Act Congress could be considered the first.
Why did colonial assemblies send delagates to the Stamp Act Congress?
The Stamp Act Congress was formed in October 1765 after the British government passed another tax on the Colonists. The Congress was formed to determine how to react.
What did the delegates to the stamp acts congress hope to achieve by sending a petition to the British king and Parliament?
They hoped that it would end both the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act.
What did the delegates to stamp act congress hope to achieve by sending a petition to the British king and Parliament?
They hoped that it would end both the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act.
What did the delegates to the stamp act congress hope to achieve by sending petitions to the British king and Parliament?
They hoped that it would end both the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act.
What did the delegates to the stamp act congress hope to achieve by sending a pettition to the british king and parliament?
They hoped that it would end both the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act.
How did john Adams take action in the stamp act?
Adams was one member of the Colonial congress. He didn't take action concerning the stamp act.
The met in what is now New York and consisted of twenty-seven delegates drawing up a statement of their rights and grievances?
Stamp Act Congress.
