Congress in Session

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Reform: Congress composed a series of documents while in session to express their perspectives on the laws established by Parliment including the Intolerable Acts.

      - Declaration from Congress of October 1774: A list of grievances of the colonists to the acts passed by Parliment. 
     
      - Petition of Congress to the King: A document demanding that the Intolerable Acts be repealed and an explanation of the injustice that these acts pose for the colonies. 
     
      
- Address to the People of Great Britain: A document stating how the colonists still saw themselves as equal British subjects and asking for the support of the British people in protesting their government.
      
      - Address to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec: A document explaining the colonies' perspectives on British control both in Canada and America. A response to the Quebec Act and how the colonies would act in order to achieve liberty as British people.

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