Declaration of Rights and Grievances

Declaration of Rights and Grievances
For the declaration resulting from the 1774 Coercive Acts, see Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress.

The Declaration of Rights and Grievances was a document created during the Committees of Correspondence declaring that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional. This was especially directed at the Stamp Act, which required that documents, newspapers, and playing cards to be printed on special stamped and taxed paper.

The Declaration of Rights raised fourteen points of colonial protest. In addition to the specific protests of the Stamp Act taxes, it asserted that

See also

References

  • "The American Journey" Brief 3rd Edition, Published by Prentice Hall

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v · d · eOrigins of the American Revolution: writings
American resolves, declarations, petitions, essays and pamphlets prior to the Declaration of Independence (July 1776)
Following the
Stamp Act (1765)
Virginia Resolves (May 1765) • Braintree Instructions (September 1765) • Declaration of Rights and Grievances (October 1765) • An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies (1766)
Following the
Townshend Acts (1767)
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (1767) • Massachusetts Circular Letter (February 1768) • Boston Pamphlet (1772) • Sheffield Declaration (January 1773)
Following the
Coercive Acts (1774)
Chestertown Resolves (May 1774) • Bush River Resolution (March 1775)
Suffolk Resolves (September 1774)
Mecklenburg Resolves or Declaration (May 1775) • Liberty Point Resolves (June 1775) • Tryon Resolves (August 1775) • Halifax Resolves (April 1776)
Fairfax Resolves (July 1774) • Hanover Resolves (July 1774) • Fincastle Resolutions (January 1775) • Virginia Declaration of Rights (June 1776)
Declaration and Resolves (October 1774) • Continental Association (October 1774) • Petition to the King (October 1774)
Essays and pamphlets
A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774) • Novanglus (1775) • Common Sense (1776) • Thoughts on Government (1776)

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