oct 14, 1765 - Declaration of Rights and Grievances

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In response to the Stamp and Tea Acts, the Declaratio of Rights and Grievances was a document written by the Stamp Act Congress and passed on October 14, 1765. American colonists opposed the acts because they were passed without the consideration of the colonist' opinion.
Drafted as a petition to "His Most Gracious Sovereign" the King.

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