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Declaration of Rights of the Stamp Act Congress

( 1765 ) Commentary by David Gray Adler, Alturas Institute
  • “That His Majesty's liege subjects in these colonies, are entitled to all the inherent rights and liberties of his natural born subjects within the kingdom of Great-Britain.” - Second Resolution
  • “That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them, but with their own consent, given personally, or by their representatives.” - Third Resolution
  • “That the only representatives of the people of these colonies, are persons chosen therein by themselves, and that no taxes ever have been, or can be constitutionally imposed on them, but by their respective legislatures.” - Fifth Resolution
  • “That the late Act of Parliament … for granting and applying certain Stamp Duties … have a manifest tendency to subvert the rights and liberties of the colonists.” - Eighth Resolution
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