Continental Association
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The Continental Association was an agreement adopted by the First Continental Congress in 1774 to organize a collective boycott of British goods as a protest against British policies in the American colonies.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial American political organization
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instrument of economic coercion → trade boycott agreement → |
| adoptedBy |
First Continental Congress
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| adoptedIn |
Philadelphia
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| adoptedOn |
1774-10-20
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| alsoKnownAs |
Articles of Association
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Association → |
| appliesTo |
British exports
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British imports → consumption of British goods → |
| country |
Thirteen Colonies
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| createdBody |
local committees of inspection and observation
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| draftedBy |
committee of the First Continental Congress
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| enforcementMechanism |
local committees of inspection and observation
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public shaming of violators → social and economic ostracism of violators → |
| exception |
goods already in transit
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rice from South Carolina → |
| excludes |
Georgia (initially not represented in Congress)
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| geographicScope |
British North American colonies
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| implementedBy |
colonial merchants
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local patriot leaders → |
| inspiredBy |
earlier colonial non-importation movements
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| language |
English
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| legalStatus |
extralegal agreement
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| motivatedBy |
Boston Port Act
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Intolerable Acts → coercive British trade policies → |
| plannedStartDateOfNonExportation |
1775-09-10
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| policyType |
non-consumption agreement
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non-exportation agreement → non-importation agreement → |
| purpose |
to organize a collective boycott of British goods
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to protest British policies in the American colonies → |
| relatedTo |
American Revolutionary War
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First Continental Congress → Second Continental Congress → Sons of Liberty → non-importation agreements of the 1760s → |
| resultedIn |
heightened economic pressure on Britain
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increased colonial self-organization → reduction of British exports to the colonies → |
| signatory |
delegates from the Thirteen Colonies
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| significantFor |
development of intercolonial cooperation
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escalation of tensions leading to the American Revolutionary War → unifying colonial resistance to British policy → |
| startDateOfNonImportation |
1774-12-01
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| timePeriod |
American Revolutionary era
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Petition to the King
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relatedTo |