Resolutions and Association of the Virginia Convention of 1774, [1–6 August 1774] Point #4 (4thly), the cause of this great issue at Boston was at the hands of a non-government entity (the East India Trading Company) which was tightly connected to England, but was clearly using legal means to exert its power over the colonies …
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Notes from Colonial Period, Later 1773 – Mid 1774
Resolution of the House of Burgesses Designating a Day of Fasting and Prayer, 24 May 1774 This was a document drafted by several younger, (and no doubt) more zealous members of the House of Burgesses, but was not considered to be the most outspoken of responses to the siege on Boston by the British Government. …
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