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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 1 1 Browse Search
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American Association, the. On Oct. 20, 1774, the first Continental Congress adopted a non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation agreement, applied to Great Britain, Ireland, the West Indies, and Madeira, by which the inhabitants of all the colonies were bound to act in good faith as those of certain cities and towns had already done, under the penalty of the displeasure of faithful ones. The agreement was embodied in fourteen articles, and was to go into effect on the 1st of December next ensuing. In the second article, the Congress struck a blow at slavery, in the name of their constituents, declaring that, after the 1st day of December next ensuing, they would neither import nor purchase any slave imported after that date, and they would in no way be concerned in or abet the slavetrade. Committees were to be appointed in every county, city, and town to enforce compliance with the terms of the association. They also resolved that they would hold no commercial int
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
in, proposed by Joseph Galloway, of Pennsylvania, as intended to perpetuate dependence......Sept. 28, 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant, west Virginia......Oct. 10, 1774 Congress adopts a Declaration of colonial rights, claiming self-government......Oct. 14, 1774 American Association, denouncing foreign slave-trade, and pledging the signers to non-consumption and to non-intercourse with Great Britain, Ireland, and the British West Indies, signed by fifty-two members of Congress......Oct. 20, 1774 Address to the people of Great Britain, prepared by John Jay, approved by Congress......Oct. 21, 1774 Congress adopts a Memorial to the several Anglo-American colonies ......Oct. 21, 1774 A letter to the unrepresented colonies of St. John, N. S., Georgia, and east and west Florida, despatched by Congress......Oct. 22, 1774 Randolph resigning on account of indisposition, Henry Middleton, of South Carolina, succeeds him as president of Congress......Oct. 22, 1774 Petition to