Articles of Association

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The Articles of Association, formally known as the Continental Association, were a 1774 agreement by the First Continental Congress to organize a collective boycott of British goods as a protest against British policies in the American colonies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Continental Association
boycott agreement
political agreement
adoptedBy First Continental Congress
adoptionDate 1774-10-20
adoptionYear 1774
alsoKnownAs Continental Association
appliesTo British America
surface form: American colonies

Thirteen Colonies
category American Revolutionary era documents
boycotts of the United Kingdom
containsProvision creation of local committees of inspection
enforcement of non-consumption
enforcement of non-exportation
enforcement of non-importation
countryOfAdoption Thirteen Colonies
effectiveFrom 1774-12-01
effectiveFromDescription non-importation and non-consumption to begin December 1, 1774
enforcedBy local committees of inspection
followedBy American Declaration of Independence
surface form: Declaration of Independence

Second Continental Congress
historicalPeriod prelude to the American Revolutionary War
jurisdiction British America
language English
legalStatus collective colonial agreement
locationOfAdoption Philadelphia
Province of Pennsylvania
mainPurpose organize a collective boycott of British goods
pressure Parliament to repeal the Coercive Acts
protest British policies in the American colonies
motivatedBy desire to defend colonial rights
opposition to the Coercive Acts
nonExportationEffectiveFrom 1775-09-10
nonExportationEffectiveFromDescription non-exportation to begin September 10, 1775 if grievances not redressed
policyType non-consumption agreement
non-exportation agreement
non-importation agreement
prohibited consumption of British goods
export of certain goods to Great Britain
importation of British goods
relatedDocument Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
relatedEvent Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
surface form: Coercive Acts

First Continental Congress
signatories delegates of the First Continental Congress
significantFor American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolution

colonial resistance to British rule
targetedAuthority British Parliament
UK government
surface form: British government
targetedCountry Great Britain

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Continental Association alsoKnownAs Articles of Association