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In the first days of August 1774, the Association of the Virginia Convention met and promulgated a series of resolutions that would guide its delegates to the First Continental Congress. These endorsed the policy of embargo with Britain—including slaves—until the Intolerable Acts were rescinded. The resolutions also endorsed in advance actions that would be taken […]| Minding The Campus
Virginians made the rejection of the Intolerable Acts revolutionary. The Intolerable Acts were outrageous abrogations of American liberty. Massachusetts was their primary target, but sympathy began to spread beyond its borders. The Orangetown Resolutions showed how small-town New Yorkers could commit themselves to solidarnosc with Boston. But the most important acceders were the Virginians. Virginia […]| Minding The Campus
Early Committees Transatlantic legislative committees of correspondence had operated in the North American and Caribbean colonies since at least the 1690s. Colonial legislatures chose committees of correspondence from within their membership to communicate with the legislature’s agents in London. Legislatures hired these agents to represent their interests to the British government, most often in disputes with their own governor or with other colonies. Read more about: The Virginia Committe...| Encyclopedia Virginia
In the first days of August 1774, the Association of the Virginia Convention met and promulgated a series of resolutions that would guide its delegates to the First Continental Congress. These endorsed the policy of embargo with Britain—including slaves—until the Intolerable Acts were rescinded. The resolutions also endorsed in advance actions that would be taken […]| Minding The Campus