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Crisis 2: First Continental Congress
(Assembled in Philadelphia in 1774)

You will debate the actual issues that so bitterly divided the American colonists. Individual delegates gain or lose points based on how many proposals their faction has accepted or defeated. Neutralists gain points by voting with one side or the other. The Loyalists and Patriots exert great pressure on them to take sides. When Neutralists take sides in a public vote disappointed opponents might take actions against them. Neutralists may change sides as often as they wish prior to any vote. Historical Bulletins will be distributed at the appropriate times.

1. We will form outright opposition and resistance to the Intolerable Acts. 2. We will form “The Association” whereby we refuse to import, export, or conduct trade of any kind with Great Britain, Ireland, and the West Indies. 3. We will adopt the Galloway Plan of Union to establish a Grand Council of the Americas.
 * Proposals**
 * The Acts of the Grand Council are subject to parliamentary review and veto, but Acts of Parliament affecting the colonies are subject to the approval of the the Grand Council.
 * The Council has the authority over matters of defense, westward expansion, and Indian relations. It may raise armies, build forts, and warships.
 * The Grand Council may levy taxes to pay its expenses.

4. Parliament has neither the authority to tax the colonies nor to legislate for them. 5. Parliament has no legislative or tax authority over the colonies, but still has the right to regulate colonial trade as a just compensation for the British navy’s protection of colonial shipping. [|First Continental Congress]

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