Declaration and Resolves

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Continental Congress document political document resolution statement of rights

Declaration and Resolves was a 1774 statement by the First Continental Congress that outlined colonial grievances against British policies and asserted the rights of the American colonies.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Continental Congress document ⓘ political document ⓘ resolution ⓘ statement of rights ⓘ
addressedTo	British Parliament ⓘ George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: King George III
adoptedBy	First Continental Congress ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress ⓘ Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) ⓘ
asserts	colonists are entitled to life, liberty, and property ⓘ colonists are entitled to the rights of Englishmen ⓘ right of peaceable assembly ⓘ right of the colonies to participate in their own taxation ⓘ right to petition the king ⓘ right to trial by jury ⓘ
basisInLaw	English constitution ⓘ charters of the colonies ⓘ immutable laws of nature ⓘ laws of nature ⓘ principles of the English constitution ⓘ
countryContext	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ surface form: Thirteen American Colonies
criticizes	Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Coercive Acts Intolerable Acts ⓘ closing of the port of Boston ⓘ suspension of colonial legislatures ⓘ taxation without representation ⓘ transportation of colonists for trial outside their colonies ⓘ use of standing armies in the colonies in peacetime ⓘ
dateAdopted	1774-10-14 ⓘ
establishes	First Continental Congress ⓘ surface form: Continental Association
geographicScope	all British colonies in North America ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolutionary era
influenced	later revolutionary rhetoric in the colonies ⓘ
influencedBy	colonial petitions to the Crown ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatusAtAdoption	petition and declaration of rights, not a declaration of independence ⓘ
placeAdopted	Carpenters' Hall ⓘ surface form: Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia
politicalAlignment	Patriot cause ⓘ
precedes	American Declaration of Independence ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Independence
primaryPurpose	to assert the rights of the American colonies ⓘ to justify colonial resistance to British measures ⓘ to outline colonial grievances against British policies ⓘ
proposes	non-consumption of British goods ⓘ non-exportation of goods to Britain ⓘ non-importation of British goods ⓘ
relatedTo	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolution First Continental Congress ⓘ surface form: Continental Association First Continental Congress ⓘ
yearAdopted	1774 ⓘ

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