{"data":{"description":"Archiving Early America - Declaration Of Rights","title":"Declaration of Rights","post_type":"page","content":"\u003ch3 style=\"color: #ad8431;\"\u003eFrom \"The Constitutions of the Several And Independent\r\nStates of America\"\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"byline\" style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: oblique; color: #000000;\"\u003ePrinted for J. Stockdale, London, 1783\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eOne of the resolutions enacted by the Congress was the declaration of colonial rights. In this document the colonists listed the rights that were being denied them as Englishmen. Major John Sullivan, delegate from New Hampshire, drafted the resolution.Delegates from the colonies met in Philadelphia in the fall of 1774 to decide how to resolve their greivances against the British government. This meeting of colonial representatives — the first Continental Congress — passed a number of resolutions aimed at satisfying their complaints.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eIn the Declaration of Rights, colonists cite their opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Acts of 1767 and the Coercive Acts of 1774.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThis declaration was adopted by the Continental Congress On October 14, 1774.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRead the \u003ca style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"/earlyamerica/milestone-events/declaration-rights-images\"\u003eOriginal Declaration of Rights!\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003ca style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"/earlyamerica/milestone-events/declaration-rights-images\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"alignleft\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/dor.jpg\" alt=\"Original Declaration of Rights as passed by the first Continental Congress\" width=\"145\" height=\"66\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"centerindent\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"/earlyamerica/milestone-events/declaration-rights-text\"\u003eText version of the\r\nDeclaration of rights\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e","menu":[{"path":"lives-early-america","title":"Famous Lives","submenu":[{"path":"lives-early-america/autobiography-benjamin-franklin","title":"Autobiography of Ben Franklin"},{"path":"lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington","title":"Ramsay's The Life of Washington"},{"path":"lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone","title":"The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone"},{"path":"lives-early-america/true-story-paul-revere","title":"The True Story of Paul Revere"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"portrait","title":"Portraits"},{"path":"rare-images/last-men-revolution","title":"The Last Men of the Revolution"}]},{"path":"freedom-documents","title":"Freedom Documents","submenu":[{"path":"freedom-documents/bill-rights","title":"Bill of Rights"},{"path":"freedom-documents/declaration-independence","title":"Declaration of Independence"},{"path":"freedom-documents/u-s-constitution","title":"The U.S. Constitution"}]},{"path":"world-early-america","title":"World of Early America","submenu":[{"path":"bookmarks","title":"Early American Bookmarks"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"firsts","title":"Firsts!"},{"path":"rare-images/maps","title":"Maps"},{"path":"rare-images","title":"Rare Images"},{"path":"music1","title":"Music"},{"path":"writings","title":"The Writings of Early America"}]},{"path":"boston-massacre","title":"Boston Massacre"},{"path":"milestone-events","title":"Milestones"},{"path":"early-america-review","title":"The Review"},{"path":"home/teachers-students","title":"Teachers"},{"path":"sitemap","title":"Sitemap"}]},"success":true}