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The Original Shutdown Wasn't a Political Game. It Was Revolution.
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On October 20th, 1774, the First Continental Congress passed the Continental Association, a coordinated economic shutdown in response to relentless attacks by the British Empire, including the hated Coercive Acts. It was a four pronged strategy that included a revolutionary, local enforcement mechanism – taking over with self-government from the bottom up.
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Continental Association (20 Oct 1774)
Alexander Hamilton – A Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress, &c., (15 Dec 1774)
No Obedience is Due: The Suffolk Resolves of 1774
The First Continental Congress: A Dangerous Journey Begins
John Adams – Notes of Debates in the Continental Congress, 26–27 September 1774.
Virginia Association of 1769: A Step Toward Continental Unity
The Massachusetts Government Act (20 May 1774)
John Adams – Novanglus I (23 Jan 1775)