Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774)

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colonial American document declaration of rights document of the First Continental Congress petition political document

The Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) was a formal statement by the First Continental Congress asserting the rights of the American colonies and protesting British parliamentary policies that were seen as violations of those rights.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Declaration of Colonial Rights	1
Declaration of Rights and Grievances	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial American document ⓘ declaration of rights ⓘ document of the First Continental Congress ⓘ petition ⓘ political document ⓘ
addressesTo	Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: British Parliament George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: King George III
asserts	that Parliament may regulate imperial trade but not tax for revenue without representation ⓘ that colonists are entitled to life, liberty, and property ⓘ that colonists are entitled to the rights of Englishmen ⓘ that only colonial assemblies have the right to tax colonists ⓘ the right of the colonies to peaceably assemble ⓘ the right of the colonies to petition the Crown ⓘ
author	First Continental Congress ⓘ
context	First Continental Congress ⓘ response to the Intolerable Acts ⓘ
country	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
createdIn	Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ
criticizes	Administration of Justice Act ⓘ Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Boston Port Act Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Coercive Acts Intolerable Acts ⓘ Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Government Act Quartering Act ⓘ Quebec Act ⓘ Tea Act ⓘ taxation without representation ⓘ
date	1774 ⓘ
followedBy	Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms ⓘ Olive Branch Petition ⓘ
hasPart	list of colonial rights ⓘ list of grievances against British policies ⓘ petition for redress ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolutionary period
influenced	American Declaration of Independence ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Independence later American revolutionary rhetoric ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	non-binding petition ⓘ
legislativeBody	First Continental Congress ⓘ
location	Philadelphia ⓘ
mainSubject	British parliamentary authority ⓘ Intolerable Acts ⓘ imperial-colonial constitutional relationship ⓘ rights of the American colonies ⓘ taxation without representation ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Patriot cause ⓘ
purpose	to assert the rights of the American colonies ⓘ to petition King George III for redress of grievances ⓘ to protest British parliamentary policies ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Declaration and Resolves → alsoKnownAs → Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) ⓘ

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress → alsoKnownAs → Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Declaration of Rights and Grievances

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress → alsoKnownAs → Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Declaration of Colonial Rights