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    The Suffolk Resolves was a declaration made on September 9, 1774, by the leaders of Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The declaration rejected the Massachusetts...
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    been claimed that this building was where the Suffolk Resolves were signed on September 4, 1774. The Resolves were an important predecessor document to the...
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  • the representatives of Suffolk County, all met on September 9, 1774, at Daniel Vose's home in Milton to adopt the Suffolk Resolves. The document was the...
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    produced five resolves, one of which was the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress: The entire text of Declaration and Resolves can be read...
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    drafters of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The Suffolk Resolves House, where the Resolves were passed, still stands and it is maintained as the...
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    its decisions, the Congress's first action was the adoption of the Suffolk Resolves, a measure drawn up by several counties in Massachusetts that included...
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    discussion of the Suffolk Resolves, which had just been approved at a town meeting in Milton, Massachusetts. Joseph Warren, chairman of the Resolves drafting committee...
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    of the Halifax Resolves was the first official action in the colonies calling for independence from Great Britain. The Halifax Resolves only empowered...
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  • "The Tryon Resolves" in the 20th-century.) The Association was formed in response to the April 19, 1775, Battle of Lexington. The Resolves was among the...
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    the December 1773 Boston Tea Party, and inspiring the September 1774 Suffolk Resolves. The First Continental Congress met briefly in Carpenter's Hall in...
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    days later, at the home of Daniel Vose in Milton, the Suffolk Resolves were adopted. The resolves were then rushed by Paul Revere to the First Continental...
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    The Talbot Resolves was a statement of support for the city of Boston in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The author of the Talbot Resolves is unknown...
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    Continental Congress asked for representation in Parliament in the Suffolk Resolves, also known as the first Olive Branch Petition. Parliament claimed...
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    The Hanna's Town Resolves were one of the most direct challenges to British authority in their North American colonies preceding the Declaration of Independence...
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    America's Thirteen Colonies. In late 1774, Colonial leaders adopted the Suffolk Resolves in resistance to the alterations made to the Massachusetts colonial...
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    known as the Chestertown Resolves. These stated that it was unlawful to buy, sell, or drink tea shipped from England. The "Resolves" are a matter of historic...
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    Maryland Chestertown Resolves (May 1774) Talbot Resolves (May 1774) Bush River Resolution (March 1775) Massachusetts Suffolk Resolves (September 1774) New...
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    Maryland Chestertown Resolves (May 1774) Talbot Resolves (May 1774) Bush River Resolution (March 1775) Massachusetts Suffolk Resolves (September 1774) New...
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  • American Revolution, played host to the convention that adopted the Suffolk Resolves, and a leader of Dedham, Massachusetts. Woodward was a member of a...
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    Death of Elizabeth Fales The Massachusetts Game Sacco and Vanzetti Suffolk Resolves People Deacons at First Church Dedham High School alumni Artists Businesspeople...
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    Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania Massachusetts Circular Letter Suffolk Resolves First Continental Congress Continental Association Minutemen Provincial...
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    delegates. On September 16, messenger Paul Revere brought Congress the Suffolk Resolves, one of many resolutions passed in Massachusetts that promised strident...
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  • Maryland Chestertown Resolves (May 1774) Talbot Resolves (May 1774) Bush River Resolution (March 1775) Massachusetts Suffolk Resolves (September 1774) New...
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    it the Woodward Tavern by the time the convention that adopted the Suffolk Resolves met there. After Michael Powell left Dedham for Boston in 1649, it...
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    an ob rem faciam, in vestra manusitum est, quirites. "For my part, I am resolved strenuously to contend for the liberty delivered down to me from my ancestors;...
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    Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania Massachusetts Circular Letter Suffolk Resolves First Continental Congress Continental Association Minutemen Provincial...
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    (October 26) to repeal the Intolerable Acts; rejected by George III Suffolk Resolves, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (September 9) Burning of the Peggy Stewart...
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