![]() ![]() ![]() It called for a complete boycott of British goods nonimportation, nonexportation, and nonconsumption. The Association e creation of The Association was the most important outcome of the Congress. The papers included a Declaration of Rights and solemn appeals to other British-American colonies, to the king, and to the British people. The 1st Continental Congress was not a legislative body, but a consultative body, and convention rather than a congress.Īfter 7 weeks of deliberation, the first Continental Congress drew up several papers. The 13 colonies, excluding Georgia, sent 55 men to the convention. First Continental Congress 1774, the first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in order to redress colonial grievances over the Intolerable Acts. It gave Catholic French Canadians religious freedom and restored the French form of civil law this law nullified many of the Western claims of the coast colonies by extending the boundaries of the province of Quebec to the Ohio River on the south and to the Mississippi River on the west. Quebec Act The Quebec Act was also passed in 1774, but was not apart of the Intolerable Acts. ![]() It closed the Boston harbor until damages were paid and order could be ensured. Boston Port Act One such law was the Boston Port Act. The laws made restrictions on town meetings, and stated that enforcing officials who killed colonists in the line of duty would be sent to Britain for trial (where it was assumed they would be acquitted of their charges). Parliament passed laws, known as the Intolerable Acts, which restricted colonists' rights. In 1774, Parliament punished the people of Massachusetts for their actions in the Boston Tea Party. (Boston Tea Party) Intolerable Acts Parliament Passes the "Intolerable Acts" Thomas Hutchinson British governor of Massachusetts whose stubborn policies helped provoke the Boston tea Party First Continental Congress - Body led by John Adams that issued a Declaration of Rights and organized The Association to boycott all British Boston Tea Party On December 16, 1773, a band of Bostonians, disguised as Indians, boarded the ships and dumped the tea into the sea. When the ships arrived in the Boston harbor, the governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson, forced the citizens to allow the ships to unload their tea. Therefore, the London government gave the company a full monopoly of the tea sell in America.įearing that it was trick to pay more taxes on tea, the Americans rejected the tea. If the company collapsed, the London government would lose much money. British East India Company In 1773, the British East India Company was overstocked with 17 million pounds of unsold tea. They were organized in the decade before the Revolution when communication between the colonies became essential. Committe of Correspondence Committees of Correspondance were created by the American colonies in order to maintain communication with one another. Samuel Adams- master propagandist and engineer of rebellion formed the first local committee of correspondence in Massachusetts in 1772 (Sons of Liberty). Crispus Attucks One of the first men to die in the Boston Massacre.1770 Samuel Adams Represented the soldiers who shot and killed Cripus Attucks. This was an indirect customs duty payable at American ports. Persuaded Parliament to pass these regulations with an import duty on glass, while lead, paper and paint and tea. Townshend Act of 1767 Named for Charles Townshend, head of British ministry. ![]() Declaratory Act of 1766 1766 Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passed this act which reaffirmed Parliament's right to "bind" the colonies. Tar and feathered those who violated the non-importation agreements. Sons and Daughters of Liberty Violent group that often took matters in to its own hands. Colonists made their own homespun garments and this further unified the American people for the first time in a common action. Non-importation agreements Colonists adopted these agreements against British goods. The members debated and then drew up a statement of their rights and grievences and asked the king and Parliament to repeal the offensive legislation.īeginning of the steps toward intercolonial unity. In 1765 there formed a Stamp Act Congress which gathered in New York City, 27 delegates from nine colonies. Stamp Act Congress of 1765 Colonists outcried against the stamp tax. ![]()
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