Which 1765 colonial meeting protested the British Stamp Act before the American Revolution?

The Stamp Act Congress protested the British Stamp Act in 1765. Delegates from nine of the thirteen colonies met in New York City from October 7 to October 25 to coordinate opposition to the new internal tax.

The Stamp Act required many printed materials in the colonies, including newspapers, legal documents, licenses, and pamphlets, to carry revenue stamps. Colonists objected that Parliament was taxing them without elected colonial representation. The congress adopted a Declaration of Rights and Grievances and sent petitions to the king and Parliament.

The meeting did not call for independence and did not represent every colony. It was an early example of intercolonial political cooperation, however, and its arguments anticipated later revolutionary claims. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766, while simultaneously passing the Declaratory Act, which asserted its authority to legislate for the colonies. The Stamp Act Congress is therefore distinct from the Continental Congresses that met during the crisis of the 1770s.