F A L L 2 0 1 2 Mrs. Malone Issue 7 Oct. 29-­‐Nov. 02 Cultural Facts “I am not a Virginian, I am an American”
Patrick Henry
First Continental Congress
As a result of the Intolerable Acts, which had been
passed by the British Parliament, colonists in the
Americas became increasingly convinced that they
needed to take more aggressive steps in order to
protect themselves and their liberty.
On September 5, 1774, 56 delegates were sent from
each of the 13 colonies to meet in Philadelphia as
representatives of the First Continental Congress.
These representatives debated the issues of the
rights of colonists as a united group. For the first
time in history, the 13 colonies were working as a
group and not as individual colonies. Patrick
Henry, a delegate from Virginia, stated, “I am not
a Virginian, I am an American.”
Continental Congress Painting http://www.usfca.edu/fa
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n/congress.htm THE LOREM IPSUMS F FA AL LL L 2 20 01 12 2 FALL 2016 The First Continental Congress passed resolutions stating that the
British Parliament did not have the right to pass laws in the colonies, and
only had the right to regulate trade between the colonies and Great Britain.
They further resolved that by December of the same year they would cease
importing any goods from Great Britain, and that by September of the
following year, they would cease exporting any goods to Great Britain.
“To the grievous acts and measures, Americans cannot submit,
but in hopes their fellow subjects in Great Britain will, on a
revision of them, restore us to that state, i n which both
countries f ound happiness and pr osper ity...”
- Journals of Congress pp. 26
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