Circular Letter of the Boston Committee of Correspondence; May 13, 1774.
This document is basically talking about how things were going on in Boston. Such as how it was not justified to punish the "inhabitants" which I see as the Indians. The author seemed pretty disappointed in the people that were killing the Indians because he sees the people as gentlemen, not people who will kill people like that. It also talks about how suspending trade with Great Britain will be a really big, but needed sacrifice. Even if it does harm the economy for a while, it will be better in the long run.
Letter from the New York Committee of Fifty-One to the Boston Committee of Correspondence; May 23, 1774
The people who live in Boston are alarmed at the measure that the British Parliament want to take. New York believes that Boston is not getting fairly treated and they are concerned, they want to help and will make a large committee of 51 people that will work with other (sistoring) colonies. They believe that the problems in Boston aren't only relative in Boston, but that it will be relative to the entire continent of America. Basically the people of New York want to help out Boston so things like that don't happen in the future, they want to help take charge.
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress.
This document was a bit longer and it basically talked about how the British Parliament claimed the right to bind people of America by statues in all cases no matter what. they believed that this was wrong and they (colonists) got together wand wanted to stop this kind of treatment and acts. Assemblies have not all worked out and some have, the ones that have want to create rules. The rules that they started to make was that the immutable laws of nature (just like rights that you were born with, and should obtain throughout your life.) Such as "life, liberty, property" and they (immigrants)get to keep their rights that they were born with in England and that if you emigrate, you don't lose your rights. There were many more just talking about how you can keep your rights and how you cannot lose them and what these rights were. Basically they were protecting themselves from the British Parliament and the laws/rules they didn't agree with.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
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