Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress

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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.

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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 ⓘ
linked to: Intolerable Acts

Coercive Acts ⓘ
linked to: Intolerable Acts

Massachusetts Government Act ⓘ
linked to: Intolerable Acts

Quartering Act of 1774 ⓘ
linked to: Quartering Act

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 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Continental Congress → result → Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress ⓘ
Declaration and Resolves → alsoKnownAs → Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress ⓘ
Petition to the King → relatedTo → Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress ⓘ
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms → relatedDocument → Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress ⓘ
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms → precededBy → Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress ⓘ
Articles of Association → relatedDocument → Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress ⓘ
Declaration of Rights and Grievances → followedBy → Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress ⓘ