oct 14, 1774 - Declaration and Resolves

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A document written by the First Continental Congress in protest of the Intolerable Acts. In a manner similar to the Declaration of Rights and Grievances issued nine years prior by the First Continental Congress' predecessor, the Stamp Act Congress, it declared the colony's contempt towards the Intolerable Acts. It outlined the rights a British subject ought to enjoy, and claimed the acts infringed on those rights. It also suggested that neither the king nor Parliament had the authority to do so, because they did not truly represent the interests of the colonists. While King George recognized this as further evidence of the colonists' dislike of the punitive measures in Massachusetts, he refused to yield, stressing political unity over the happiness of the colonists. With a clear outline of the wrongdoings of the British government, more people began to seek independence from the mother country.