Stamp Act Text Analysis.

Who is writing?
The members of the Continental Congress.

Who is the audience?
The audience is the people of the British colonies.

Who do the writer[s] represent?
The Continental Congress represents the 'subjects' of the British Colonies.

What is being said, argued and/or requested?
What is being said is that the

How is it being said, argued and/or requested?
It is being said that there should be 'no taxes be imposed on them, but with their own consent, given personally, or by their representatives." Basically its saying that the people have a right to know and chose whether or not they want to pay for certain taxes or not.

What proof and or justification is being used to legitimize the request?
The justification that is being used to legitimize this request is that it is pretty much against the British government. The British government says one thing and this document kind of goes against what they are saying to it would make sense that the people in the colonies (which most are against the British government and want to break apart) that they would agree with anything that is against the British government.