Document · October 20, 1774
Continental Association
economic agreement and enforcement plan · First Continental Congress
Read in context
The Association phased in nonimportation, nonconsumption, and nonexportation and directed local committees to enforce compliance.
Why it matters
Its clauses show how a rights declaration became administrative power exercised among neighbors.
Selected passage
A committee be chosen in every county, city, and town… to attentively observe the conduct of all persons.
Provenance and access
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