Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress

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colonial American document foundational document of the United States political document resolution

The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress was a 1774 document in which American colonial delegates asserted their rights, protested British policies, and called for economic measures like non-importation to pressure Parliament.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial American document → foundational document of the United States → political document → resolution →
adoptedAt	Carpenters' Hall →
adoptedBy	First Continental Congress →
adoptedIn	Philadelphia → Province of Pennsylvania → Thirteen Colonies →
alsoKnownAs	Declaration of Colonial Rights → Declaration of Rights and Grievances →
basisOn	colonial charters → natural rights → principles of the British constitution → rights of Englishmen →
callsFor	creation of the Continental Association → non-consumption of British goods → non-exportation of colonial goods to Britain → non-importation of British goods →
country	British America →
criticizes	suspension of colonial legislatures → taxation without representation → transporting colonists overseas for trial → use of standing armies in peacetime without colonial consent →
date	1774-10-14 →
declares	colonial legislatures have the sole and exclusive right of taxation in the colonies → colonists are entitled to life, liberty, and property → colonists are entitled to peaceable assembly → colonists are entitled to the right of petition → colonists are entitled to the rights of free and natural-born subjects within the realm of England → colonists are entitled to trial by jury →
denies	Parliament's right to legislate for the colonies in all cases whatsoever → Parliament's right to tax the colonies internally →
establishes	Continental Association enforcement mechanisms →
historicalPeriod	American Revolutionary era →
influenced	Declaration of Independence → Second Continental Congress →
language	English →
protests	Administration of Justice Act → Boston Port Act → Coercive Acts → Massachusetts Government Act → Quartering Act of 1774 → Quebec Act →
purpose	to assert the rights of the American colonies → to call for economic measures against Britain → to protest British imperial policies →
states	Parliament may regulate external commerce for the empire →
year	1774 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Declaration and Resolves →	alsoKnownAs
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms →	precededBy
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms →	relatedDocument
Petition to the King →	relatedTo
First Continental Congress →	result