sep 1, 1774 - 1st Continental Congress

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[1774]

SUFFOLK RESOLVES
(basically all of this below)

Addressed the growing tensions btwn the American colonies and Britain after the Intolerable Acts

Outcomes:
1. declaration
- asserted colonies' rights to life, liberty, and property
- declared that only colonial assemblies and the right to impose tax
- denounced the intolerable acts
2. boycott of British goods
3. unity among colonies
- would make a second continental congress if conditions of American treatment did not improve

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