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On October 20, 1774, the First Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Association in response to the “Intolerable Acts” the British government had imposed on its subjects in the colonies.
October 20, 1774 We, his majesty's most loyal subjects, the delegates of the several colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the three
The Continental Association, also known as the Articles of Association or simply the Association, was an agreement among the American colonies adopted by the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia on October 20, 1774.
The Articles of Association. October 20, 1774. From September 5 to October 26, 1774, the First Continental Congress met at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the outcomes of the Congress was the Continental Association, also known as just the “Association,” which created a system implementing a trade boycott with Great Britain.
The Articles of Association, written by the First Continental Congress, addressed economic grievances imposed on the colonies. They asserted non-importation and non-exportation sanctions on Great Britain, Ireland, and the East Indies in reaction to the British Crown’s infamous 1774 Intolerable Acts.
The Articles of Association. October 20, 1774. In his first inaugural address on March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln declared, “The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774.”
The foregoing association being determined upon by the Congress, was ordered to be subscribed by the several members thereof; and thereupon, we have hereunto set our respective names accordingly.