“To these grievous measures, Americans cannot submit.” That’s the bold declaration that helped spark a coordinated resistance across the colonies in 1774. On this episode, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, we’ll dive into what turned out to be not only a precursor to the Declaration of Independence, but the bill of rights too.
Path to Liberty: October 14, 2024
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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (14 Oct 1774)
History.com – Parliament passes the Boston Port Act
Mount Vernon – The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts of 1774
The Port Bill Received at Boston
New York Committee of Fifty-One to the Boston Committee of Correspondence (23 May 1774)
John Jay – Letter to John Vardill (23 May 1774)
Joseph Hawley – Letter to John Adams (25 July 1774)
Thomas Jefferson – A Summary View of the Rights of British America
Episode – Null and Void: Thomas Jefferson’s 1774 Radical Declaration
Joseph Hawley – Broken Hints, Letter to John Adams (Aug 1774)
John Adams – Letter to William Wirt (23 Jan 1818)
John Adams, Diary (5 Sept 1774)
John Adams – Letter to Abigail Adams (16 Sept 1774)
John Adams, Diary (6 Sept 1774)
Notes of Debates in the Continental Congress (6 Sept 1774)
Episode – It was Gun Control: The Powder Alarm and the Road to Independence
Carpenter’s Hall – First Continental Congress
Episode – Blueprint for Liberty: The Suffolk Resolves of 1774
John Adams Diary (17 Sept 1774)
Episode – First of the Founding Four: Continental Association
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