The Stamp Act Congress. The stamp act was an act passed by parliament that required that all materials printed in the colonies be printed on paper embossed with an official revenue stamp. The following document is a list of grievances and conclusions drawn by this 1765 congress in response to the stamp act.

In more familiar words, taxation without representation is tyranny. The stamp act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on american colonists by the british parliament. Unlike the albany congress of 1754, this second meeting specifically targeted representation within the british government, something that had never been challenged before.