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	Continental Association of 1774 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One of the first acts of the First Continental Congress was to create the Continental Association of 1774, more commonly talked about as "The Association".
		The Association was in general, fairly successful while it lasted.
		Trade with England fell sharply, and the British responded with the New England Restraining Act of 1775.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Continental_Association_of_1774 (156 words)

	Continental Congress - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Continental Congress, American intercolonial assemblage of delegates, which evolved into the de facto revolutionary government that directed the war for independence.
		The First Continental Congress issued a petition to George III, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, called the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, and invited the people of Canada to join in an appeal to the king to help restore harmony between Britain and the colonies.
		When the Second Continental Congress convened on the appointed date, the battles of Lexington and Concord had recently taken place in Massachusetts, and militiamen were besieging the British occupying force within Boston.
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	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Continental Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		CONTINENTAL CONGRESS [Continental Congress] 1774-89, federal legislature of the Thirteen Colonies and later of the United States in the American Revolution and under the Articles of Confederation (see Confederation, Articles of).
		Indignation against England's colonial policy reached fever pitch in the colonies after the passage (1774) of the Intolerable Acts, and the Sons of Liberty and the committees of correspondence promoted the idea of an intercolonial assembly similar to the one held (1765) at the time of the Stamp Act.
		A Continental army was created to oppose the British and, through the agency of John Adams, George Washington was appointed (June 15, 1775) commander in chief.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/continenc_thesecondcontinentalcongress.asp (725 words)

	Continental Congress - MSN Encarta
		The First Continental Congress convened in Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, on September 5, 1774, to consider and act on the situation arising from the so-called Intolerable Acts, passed by the British Parliament in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party.
		Extralegal bodies known as Committees of Safety were charged with enforcing the association; they soon became revolutionary spearheads in the towns and counties, creating the first effective union among the colonies and silencing Loyalist opinion.
		Not until November 15, 1777, did the delegates finally agree on the Articles of Confederation, which codified their procedures and stipulated their powers.
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	assoc.htm
		If a community association chose to be involved in the slave trade, they risked being boycotted by the communities that formed the next political association on the county level.
		Associations forming by consent on common ground was the result of two men in the Reformation period.
		Their are no new covenants for those larger associations because the conduct consented to by each of the local churches is sufficient to sustain the purpose of the larger associations.
	members.nuvox.net /~on.stephenc/assoc.html (4371 words)

	Roger Sherman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roger Sherman (April 19 (O.S.), April 30 (N.S.), 1721 – July 23, 1793), was the only person to have signed all four basic documents of American sovereignty: the Continental Association of 1774, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution.
		At the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775 Sherman was appointed to the Connecticut Governor's Council of Safety and also commissary to the Connecticut Troops.
		He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1774 and served very actively throughout the War, earning high esteem in the eyes of his fellow delegates and serving on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roger_Sherman (910 words)

	History Channel Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The First Continental Congress convened in Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia, on Sept. 5, 1774, to consider and act on the situation arising from the so-called
		The First Continental Congress issued a petition to George III, king of Great Britain, called the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, and invited the people of Canada to join in an appeal to the king to help restore harmony between Britain and the colonies.
		COMMITTEES OF SAFETY, (q.v.) were charged with enforcing the association; they soon became revolutionary spearheads in the towns and counties, creating the first effective union among the colonies and silencing Loyalist opinion.
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	Chapter 1: The Original Source of Sovereignty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		New Hampshire's 1774 delegates were sent with the intention "to secure and perpetuate [the colonies'] rights, liberties, and privileges, and to restore that peace, harmony, and mutual confidence which once happily subsisted between the parent country and her colonies.
		On October 13, 1774 the Connecticut assembly convened, and adopted an act ordering the militia to train at least twelve half-days between then and May. It ordered the officers to check the condition of weapons, and doubled the amount of ammunition to be stockpiled in the towns.
		For example on June 9, 1775, the Continental Congress resolved that, given the illegitimacy of the Act of Parliament altering the charter of Massachusetts Bay, and the actions of the royal governor in subversion of that charter, the governor of that colony be considered absent (overtones of 1689).
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	History 101: Week 5 (Professor Messer-Kruse)
		By 1774, many of these merchant elites began attending the popular committees as that was were power began to lie and they sought to control them so as to delay the imposition of a new trade boycott.
		Elites supported the Congresses call for the creation of a Continental army and the issuence of Continental money in the Second Congress because they believed that American liberty had to be preserved and hoped beyond hope that a reconcilliation was forthcoming.
		II of the Continental Association (1774) to end the slave trade.
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	American Scripture
		How different the situation was from that when the First Continental Congress convened in September 1774 and Massachusetts delegates found themselves "obliged to act with great Delicacy and Caution" and to keep "out of sight," letting others speak their sentiments for them.
		The Second Continental Congress would have to take charge of a country at war; it would become a government, the sole government of the emerging nation until 1781, when, in the final year of the war with Great Britain, the Articles of Confederation were finally ratified.
		The First Continental Congress had petitioned the inhabitants of the Quebec colony to join the other American provinces in their struggle against British oppression, and, on May 29, 1775, its successor renewed the invitation.
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	The Revolution in Virginia, Chapter II
		The colony responded to the association and the call for a meeting by electing delegates to the August Convention (who were for the most part members of the House of Burgesses) and appointing local committees to enforce the boycott.
		County and town committees were to carry the association into effect and impose on offenders the penalty of being published in the newspapers as "enemies of America," the "undesirable citizens" of that place and period.
		At the end of 1774 the Continental Association impelled the formation of committees in the eastern counties generally.
	www.newrivernotes.com /va/varev2.htm (6098 words)

	Continental Congress Presidents - 1774 to 1789
		America's second president of the Continental Congress was one of the wealthiest planters in the South, the patriarch of the most powerful families anywhere in the nation.
		In 1774 he was appointed Associate Judge of the Superior Court and, as a delegate to the Continental Congress, was acknowledged to be a legal scholar of some respect.
		At the First Continental Congress, Lee persuaded representatives from all the colonies to adopt this non-importation idea, leading to the formation of the Continental Association, which was one of the first steps toward union of the colonies.
	www.russpickett.com /ushist/uscont.htm (4481 words)

	The Avalon Project : Journals of the Coninental Congress - The Articles of Association; October 20, 1774
		That such as are owners of vessels will give positive orders to their captains, or masters, not to receive on board their vessels any goods prohibited by the said non-importation agreement, on pain of immediate dismission from their service.
		Such as are venders of goods or merchandize will not take advantage of the scarcity of goods, that may be occasioned by this association, but will sell the same at the rates we have been respectively accustomed to do, for twelve months last past.
		The foregoing association being determined upon by the Congress, was ordered to be subscribed by the several members thereof; and thereupon, we have hereunto set our respective names accordingly.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/contcong/10-20-74.htm (398 words)

	Perspectives
		Finally the Continental Congress adopted the Continental Association of 1774, which recommended that every county, town and city form committees to enforce a boycott on all British goods.
		The Continental Association also included provisions for the non-importation of British goods (implemented in December 1774) and the nonexportation of American goods to Britain (to be implemented in September 1775 unless colonial grievances were addressed).
		In November 1774 he wrote his prime minister that the "New England colonies are in a state of rebellion, " and "blows must decide whether they are to be subject to this country or independent." British critics of the American actions reminded the colonists that Parliament had absolute sovereignty.
	www.wwnorton.com /college/history/ralph/research/sovidoc4.htm (2726 words)

	Roger Sherman
		From 1755 until his death he was active in public affairs, including service as Newton County surveyor, an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the colony, and a member of the state legislature.
		In 1774 he was elected the first mayor of New Haven, a post he held until his death.
		Respected by his contemporaries, Sherman was the only member of the Continental Congress who signed all four of the great state papers: the Association of 1774, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.
	www.aoc.gov /cc/art/nsh/sherman.cfm (249 words)

	The events of the First Continental Congress of 1774
		The several articles of the Association were adopted unanimously, excepting the one concerning exportations.
		The seceders were finally brought back, and induced to sign the Association, by allowing the unconditional export of rice, so that no burden of sacrifice might fall upon their province.
		The first Continental Congress was in actual session only thirty-one days of the eight weeks of the term.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_vol_2/eventsfir_ed.html (1507 words)

	Roger Sherman and The Connecticut Compromise
		When the Constitutional Convention became deadlocked over the matter of legislative voting, Sherman proposed a system similar to one he had advocated previously as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1776.
		The compromise provided for representation in the House of Representatives according to population and in the Senate by equal numbers for each state.
		Sherman was the only person to sign all four documents of the American Revolution: the Continental Association of 1774, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the United States.
	www.jud.state.ct.us /lawlib/History/Sherman.htm (211 words)

	John Jay
		In early 1774 he was one of the most prominent members of the New York Committee of Correspondence.
		He was again elected to the Continental Congress in 1778 and was voted president of that body upon arrival.
		Copyright ©1999-2006 by the Independence Hall Association, a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1942.
	www.ushistory.org /declaration/related/jay.htm (562 words)

	The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut - 1774 First Continental Congress
		He was one of the organizers of the Susquehanna Company and was an active supporter of the company in its attempts to secure confirmation of its lands in the Wyoming Valley.
		He was long a member (1774-81, 1783-84) of the Continental Congress, helped to draw up the Articles of Confederation, and after serving as a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 where he introduced the Connecticut Compromise' providing for a bicameral federal legislature, he was one of the strongest proponents of the new Constitution.
		In early 1774, when the Continental Congress was assembled, Deane was among three chosen from Connecticut.
	www.colonialwarsct.org /1774.htm (1384 words)

	American Experience \| John & Abigail Adams \| People & Events \| PBS
		Lastly the Continental Congress issued a petition, the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, to King George, a portion of which was written by John Adams.
		By the time the Second Continental Congress convened on May 10, 1775, with delegates from all 13 colonies in attendance, war had begun, and the tone of the Congress had changed.
		The Continental Congress continued to function until 1781 when it was supplemented by another, nearly similar body, under the Articles of Confederation.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/adams/peopleevents/e_congress.html (782 words)

	First Continental Congress
		The Congress next adopted the Continental Association, or simply, the Association, which established a total boycott by means of non-importation, non-exportation and non-consumption accords.
		That meeting, the Second Continental Congress, was indeed called in May 1775 in the wake of the battles of Lexington and Concord.
		The First Continental Congress was regarded as a success by both the general public and the delegates.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h650.html (611 words)

	The Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Those who signed the association began to refer to themselves as patriots and those who refused to sign were called Tories or loyalists.
		Acting on the suggestion of the Continental Congress, the inhabitants of the City, on April 29, 1775, adopted a Form of the Association pledging support to the Continental Congress and to the Provincial Convention.
		At the suggestion of the Continental Congress, the following Form of Association to support Congress and the Provincial Convention was adopted, by the Freemen, Freeholders, and inhabitants of the city and county of New York, on Saturday, the 29th of April, 1775, and transmitted for signing to all the counties in the province:
	www.longwood.k12.ny.us /history/amrev/associat.htm (198 words)

	American Historical Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It was the intention of the committee having the matter in charge to select, as the place of this meeting, some city in the Northwestern States, in view of the fact that this is the centennial year of the English settlement of that territory.
		As Dr. Manasseh Cutler was the director of the company, who, with a sagacity and ability unsurpassed, conducted this business before Congress, and made the land purchase, the main credit of the enactment of the Ordinance and of its beneficent results have been generally awarded to him.
		He was entitled to great praise but to his associate directors, Gen. Rufus Putnam and Samuel Holden Parsons and to prominent members of Congress—a majority of them Southern members—a large share of the honor is due.
	www.historians.org /info/AHA_History/wfpoole.htm (6837 words)

	The Clash Over the Intolerable Acts
		In the spring of 1774, they passed several laws which colonists referred to as the "Intolerable Acts." These acts closed the port of Boston temporarily, moved some powers of government from the assembly to the governor, allowed British officials to be tried in England when accused in the colonies, and legalized the quartering of troops.
		This association established non-importation and non-exportation with Britain until the situation was resolved.
		The Continental Congress seemed to care little about Georgia's participation "lamenting [her] with resentment", and grouping it with these three other colonies.7 There are very few records in which national leaders spoke about Georgia during the Revolution, except in military terms.
	www.virginia.edu /history/courses/hius401b/papers/webb/clash.htm (757 words)

	DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
		We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
		He is the only man to have signed the Continental Association (1774), the Declaration of Independence (1776), the Articles of Confederation (1777), and the Constitution (1787).
		was elected a delegate to the Continental Congress in October 1775 but had to leave Philadelphia because of an illness and his substitute William Williams signed in his stead.
	www.aacncclub.com /DECLARATIONOFINDEPENDENCE.html (2539 words)

	John Hancock
		Born April 19, 1721, at Newton, Massachusetts; moved to Connecticut, became lawyer, and served in the Connecticut colonial legislature; later was treasurer of Yale College and associate judge of the Connecticut Superior Court.
		Was a member of the Continental Congress and served on committees that drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.
		Was the only person to sign the four great American documents: Continental Association (1774), Declaration of Independence (1776), Articles of Confederation (1781), and Federal Constitution (1787).
	www.dslextreme.com /users/chansen1/heroes/42rs.html (187 words)

	First Continental Congress Resolves
		The Continental Association was perhaps more successful politically than economically, since it helped to weld the colonies together into an American union.
		That such as are owners of vessels will give positive orders to their captains or masters not to receive on board their vessels any goods prohibited by the said nonimportation agreement, on pain of immediate dismission from their service.
		this association, but will hold them as unworthy of the rights of freemen and as inimical to the liberties of their country.
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	CONTINENTAL ASSOCIATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		We will neither import nor purchase, any slave imported after the first day of December next; after which time, we will wholly discontinue the slave trade, and will neither be concerned in it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufacters to those who are concerned in it.
		Editor's Note: In the winter of 1775, Parliament was presented with the petition of the Continental Congress, but declined to countenance it.
		This activated the provision that, in such an event, a Second Continental Congress be convened; but in the interim two significant events took place the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, and the resolutions adopted by delegates at Charlotte Town in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
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