The Continental Association, also known as the Articles of Association or simply the Association, was an agreement among the American colonies, adopted by the First Continental Congress, which met ins
The First Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, published and signed the Continental Association on October 20, 1774; Thomas Jefferson, who was not yet a delegate to the Congress, signed this copy (on lower left)
Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, where the First Continental Congress passed the Continental Association on October 20, 1774
Original Articles of Association, p. 1 See also: Pages 2 and 3 For printed text of the entire document see: WikiSource
The Association's signatory page on page four
The Thirteen Colonies were the British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America which broke away from the British Crown in the American Revolutionary War, and joined to form the United States o
Continental Association
…The Continental Association, also known as the Articles of Association or simply the Association, was an agreement among the American colonies, adopted by the First Continental Congress, which met inside Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia on October 20, 1774. It was a result of the escalating…
The Thirteen Colonies of British America: (dark red): New England Colonies (red-brown): Middle Colonies (brown): Southern Colonies
Fort George and New York, c. 1731
Join, or Die by Benjamin Franklin was recycled to encourage the former colonies to unite against British rule.
Minutemen during the Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 1775