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The national government could not suppress the rebellion by farmers who opposed a tax and refused to pay the tax. This created major concerns about national security and homeland security. There was nothing in position to make the states conform to national law.
This document clarified the Stamp Act Congress declaration by stating only colonial legislatures had the right to tax the colonists. Additionally, this document declared the Intolerable Acts unconstitutional and criticized the King and Parliament for dissolving colonial assemblies, maintaining a standing army in peacetime, and for enforcing heavy taxation. Meeting again as the Second Continental Congress in May of 1775, the delegates understood that things had only worsened between the colonists and the British government.
Samuel Adams organized Committees of Correspondence in 1772
The Boston Tea Party, depicted here caused Britain to pass the Coercive Acts, which led to the formation of the First Continental Congress.
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of 56 delegates from 12 American colonies (except Georgia) that occurred in September of 1774. Organized in response to the so-called Coercive Acts enacted by Great Britain earlier that year, the main accomplishments of the Congress was to formalize a boycott of British goods and to set up a Second Continental Congress the next year. The Congress also introduced, and to an extent settled, the debate between the colonies as to whether they should declare independence or remain a part of Britain.
The Congress was called in response to the Coercive Acts, known in the colones as the Intolerable Acts, passed in 1774. These acts were a response to the Boston Tea Party of 1773 and designed as punishment, and included four different acts which closed the Boston port, brought the Massachusetts government under direct British control, allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in Britain rather than the colonies, and forced private citizens to quarter British troops in their homes.
The first major accomplishment of the Continental Congress was a boycott of British goods. Previously, in 1764, the colonists had boycotted British goods in response to the unpopular Stamp Act, which had in 1765 led to that Act's repeal. In 1774, after the colonies agreed on a boycott, imports from Great Britain dropped substantially, and while this may only have had a small effect on British industry, it represented an ability among the colonies to work towards a common goal.
This document clarified the Stamp Act Congress declaration by stating only colonial legislatures had the right to tax the colonists. Additionally, this document declared the Intolerable Acts unconstitutional and criticized the King and Parliament for dissolving colonial assemblies, maintaining a standing army in peacetime, and for enforcing heavy taxation. Meeting again as the Second Continental Congress in May of 1775, the delegates understood that things had only worsened between the colonists and the British government.
Samuel Adams organized Committees of Correspondence in 1772
The Boston Tea Party, depicted here caused Britain to pass the Coercive Acts, which led to the formation of the First Continental Congress.
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of 56 delegates from 12 American colonies (except Georgia) that occurred in September of 1774. Organized in response to the so-called Coercive Acts enacted by Great Britain earlier that year, the main accomplishments of the Congress was to formalize a boycott of British goods and to set up a Second Continental Congress the next year. The Congress also introduced, and to an extent settled, the debate between the colonies as to whether they should declare independence or remain a part of Britain.
The Congress was called in response to the Coercive Acts, known in the colones as the Intolerable Acts, passed in 1774. These acts were a response to the Boston Tea Party of 1773 and designed as punishment, and included four different acts which closed the Boston port, brought the Massachusetts government under direct British control, allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in Britain rather than the colonies, and forced private citizens to quarter British troops in their homes.
The first major accomplishment of the Continental Congress was a boycott of British goods. Previously, in 1764, the colonists had boycotted British goods in response to the unpopular Stamp Act, which had in 1765 led to that Act's repeal. In 1774, after the colonies agreed on a boycott, imports from Great Britain dropped substantially, and while this may only have had a small effect on British industry, it represented an ability among the colonies to work towards a common goal.