Tag: Articles of Association

  • First Congressional Address to the Nation – December 2014 pb

    First Congressional Address to the Nation – December 2014 pb

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    DID THE COLONISTS MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION? by James Still, ©2014 (Dec. 2, 2014) — To explain the Articles of Association, Congress included an address to the nation: To the INHABITANTS of the COLONIES… In every Case of Opposition by a People to their Rulers, or of one State to another, duty to Almighty God,…

  • Articles of Association – Nov 2014 pb

    Articles of Association – Nov 2014 pb

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    “GRIEVANCES AND DISTRESSES” by James Still, ©2014 (Nov. 1, 2014) — Encouraged by the Suffolk Resolves, the First Continental Congress passed the Articles of Association in hopes that a boycott of British goods would encourage a redress of grievances and repeal of the Intolerable Acts.  Abraham Lincoln noted the significance of this moment: “The Union…