The First Continental Congress

                "The inhabitants of the English colonies in North-America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights"
                                                          - Declaration from Congress Continental Congress October 14, 1774

 

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The first Continental Congress met on September 5, 1774 and was made up of delegates from every colony except for Georgia.
                   Reform: The purpose of this meeting was to unify the colonial resistance to the Intolerable Acts and other acts passed by British Parliment considered unjust by the colonies.

- At this point only few radical delegates had any thoughts of breaking off from England. 

- The colonists wanted to express their views to England so as to gain back their rights lost that they believed were English-born unalienable rights 
               
  - They still considered themselves British. All Congress wanted was to be heard by their king.


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