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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Articles of Association canonical 1

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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 American colonies ⓘ
linked to: British America

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 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 ⓘ
Coercive Acts ⓘ
linked to: Intolerable Acts

First Continental Congress ⓘ
signatories delegates of the First Continental Congress ⓘ
significantFor American Revolution ⓘ
colonial resistance to British rule ⓘ
targetedAuthority British Parliament ⓘ
British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
targetedCountry Great Britain ⓘ

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Continental Association → alsoKnownAs → Articles of Association ⓘ