Declaration of Rights

By Stamp Act Congress

Book Id: WPLBN0002950319
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File Size: 2.04 MB
Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	Declaration of Rights
Author:	Stamp Act Congress
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, Essay/Short nonfiction, History
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Declaration of Rights
Historic Publication Date:	1765
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Act Congress, B. S. (1765). Declaration of Rights. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

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On June 8, 1765 James Otis, supported by the Massachusetts Assembly sent a letter to each colony calling for a general meeting of delegates. The meeting was to be held in New York City in October. Representatives from nine colonies met in New York. Though New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia did not send delegates, the Assemblies of those missing colonies nonetheless agreed to support the works of the Congress. The meetings were held in Federal Hall in New York, and the delegates assembled on October 2. They spent less than two weeks in discussion and at their final meeting on October 19, 1765 adopted the Declaration of Rights and approved its use in petitions to the King and two letters to Parliament. The Declaration of Rights and Grievances raised thirteen points of colonial protest. (Summary from Wikipedia.org)

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Essay/Short nonfiction, History