Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress

It was similar to the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, passed by the Stamp Act Congress a decade earlier.

The anger over the Intolerable Acts was no secret to the British government, and the issue of taxation without representation was voiced loudly, however this resolve questions the authority of the monarch's and parliament's rule in the colonies.

[5] King George famously said to the Prime Minister Lord North "The die is now cast, the colonies must either submit or triumph.

[5] Reacting to the Declaration, Samuel Johnson published a pamphlet called Taxation no Tyranny, questioning the colonists' right to self-government in light of Parliamentary sovereignty in the United Kingdom, and asking "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?

Not all Americans felt this way, there were many loyalists who wanted to remain a part of the empire of Great Britain especially in the South, but the public opinion was turning.