The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City, consisting of representatives from nine of the thirteen British colonies in North America. It was significant because it was the first gathering of elected representatives from several of the American colonies to devise a unified protest against new British taxation. Parliament had passed the Stamp Act, and the Congress was organized in response to the Act. The Congress met in the building now known as Federal Hall, and was held at a time of widespread protests in the colonies, some of which were violent, against the Stamp Act's implementation. The delegates discussed and united against the act, issuing a Declaration of Rights and Grievances in which
