Text Analysis: Stamp Act Congress of 1765

-Who wrote it?
The Continental Congress wrote the Stamp Act of 1765.

-Who is the audience?
The audience is all the people of the British colonies since it talks specifically about the Majesty’s “subjects” of these colonies.

-Who do the writers represent?
I think that the writers represent the British subjects of the colonies. The document specifically repeats the “subjects” as though they are represented.

-What is being said?
What is being said in the Stamp Act is that this is “an act for granting and applying certain stamp duties” on the colonies, to their “Majesty.”

-How is it being said?
I think this is being said firmly because it is a set of “duties.” It is also being said calmly, not harsh like most other documents, just saying what the want to say composed.

-What proof and/or justification is being used?
I think that the proof of this document comes in the introduction where it says “[h]is Majesty’s Person and Government, inviolably attached to the present happy establishment of the Protestant Succession…impending the misfortunes of British colonies.” I think it is implying that they experienced a lot of hardship from British colonies justifying this document.