Lee Resolution

Target entity: Lee Resolution
Context triple: [Second Continental Congress, significantEvent, Lee Resolution]

• A. Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
  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.
• B. Intolerable Acts
  The Intolerable Acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish the Massachusetts colonists, especially Boston, for the Boston Tea Party, helping to spark the American Revolutionary War.
• C. Residence Act
  The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
• D. Massachusetts colonial legislature
  The Massachusetts colonial legislature was the governing body of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the colonial era, responsible for making laws, levying taxes, and overseeing public institutions in the colony.
• E. American Declaration of Independence
  The American Declaration of Independence is the 1776 document in which the thirteen American colonies formally asserted their separation from Great Britain and articulated foundational principles of individual rights and self-government.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Lee Resolution
Target entity description: The Lee Resolution was the 1776 proposal in the Second Continental Congress that called for the American colonies’ independence from Great Britain and paved the way for the Declaration of Independence.

• A. Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
  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.
• B. Intolerable Acts
  The Intolerable Acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish the Massachusetts colonists, especially Boston, for the Boston Tea Party, helping to spark the American Revolutionary War.
• C. Residence Act
  The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
• D. Massachusetts colonial legislature
  The Massachusetts colonial legislature was the governing body of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the colonial era, responsible for making laws, levying taxes, and overseeing public institutions in the colony.
• E. American Declaration of Independence
  The American Declaration of Independence is the 1776 document in which the thirteen American colonies formally asserted their separation from Great Britain and articulated foundational principles of individual rights and self-government.
• F. None of above. chosen