The Declaration of Rights (Stamp Act)
In 1764, the British Parliament passed the Sugar Act, which placed tariffs
on sugar, coffee, and other goods imported into the New World. These taxes
increased the burden on ordinary citizens
The Declaration of Rights (Stamp Act)
In 1764, the British Parliament passed the Sugar Act, which placed tariffs
on sugar, coffee, and other goods imported into the New World. These taxes
increased the burden on ordinary citizens at a time of recession in America. It
was thought that the Sugar Act would give rise to open rebellion, but it did
In 1765, the Stamp Act was passed. This act placed a tariff on virtually
every form of printed matter, including newspapers and playing cards. The Stamp
Act by itself may not have been a catalyst to revolution, but combined with the
previous year's Sugar Act and the subsequent Quartering Act, the effect was to
provoke riots and open rebellion, and a boycott of the stamps that were to be
affixed to the printed matter. British merchants balked at the Act because of
the boycotts, and it was repealed in 1766.
This document is a response to the Stamp Act.
The members of this congress, sincerely devoted, with the
warmest sentiments of affection and duty to his majesty's person and government,
inviolably attached to the present happy establishment of the protestant
succession, and with minds deep