The Stamp Act crisis brought a sense of unity to the colonies. The colonists demonstrated social responsibility by calling delegates from every colony to New York. The purpose of this “Stamp Act Congress” was to consider action against the hated Stamp Act. They drew up petitions to the King and Parliament. These petitions rejected the Stamp Act and asserted that Parliament had no right to tax the colonies. Parliament disregarded these petitions ("Colonists' Reaction to New Acts and