Resolved, That the Act of Parliament laying a duty on tea, &c, exported from Great Britain to these Colonies, for the avowed purpose of raising a revenue in America, will, if submitted to, fix a precedent, whereby the Parliamentary claim of taxing America may be established, arbitrary power introduced, and the liberty of the British Colonies laid at the feet of a despotick and execrable Minister.

Resolved, That the hostile invasion of the town and port of Boston, in New England, is a dangerous attack on the liberty of the British Colonies in America in general, strongly tending to dissolution of Government, and totally to alienate the affection of the Colonies from the mother country; and as our humble Petitions, Memorials, and Remonstrances, have hitherto failed to procure us that redress which the oppressions we suffer, and the justice of our cause entitles us to,

Resolved, And it is the unanimous opinion of this meeting, that till the said Act of Parliament shall be repealed, and till the ships of war and troops be withdrawn from the said town of Boston, and the rights and freedom of the same be restored, all exports whatsoever from this Colony to Great Britain, and imports from thence be stopped, and that the Courts of Justice ought to decline the trial of civil causes, except attachments, where the attached goods are perishable, and motions against the Collectors and Sheriffs for money actually in their hands.

Resolved, That any person who, contrary to the general sense of the country, expressed by their late Representatives, shall purchase, vend, or make use of tea, till such time as the Act of Parliament laying a duty on that article for the purpose of raising a revenue in America, shall be repealed, shall be deemed an enemy to American liberty, and the common rights of mankind, and ought to be publickly stigmatised as such.

Resolved, That the town of Boston aforesaid, is now suffering in the common cause of American liberty, and ought to be supplied with such articles as are necessary for their support by the voluntary contribution of the Colonies in general.

Resolved, That these our sentiments be, by the Moderator of this meeting, delivered to our late Representatives, who, notwithstanding they were, by the sudden intervention of the Executive power of this Colony, deprived of their legislative capacity, are still possessed of our confidence and desired to appear at the general meeting, at Williamsburg, on the 1st day of August next; and that they be assured, in the most solemn manner, of our hearty concurrence in, and firm support of, all such measures as by a majority of the late Representatives of this Colony, then and there to be convened, shall be thought proper and necessary for the security of our liberty, the improvement of our manufactures, and to procure a redress of American grievances.

PETER GRANT, Clerk.

NANSEMOND COUNTY (VIRGINIA) RESOLUTIONS.

At a General Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Nansemond, on the 11th day of July, 1774, the following Resolutions were proposed and unanimously agreed to:

Resolved, That we will at all times, whenever we are called upon for that purpose, maintain and defend, at the expense of our lives and fortunes, his Majesty's right and title to the Crown of Great Britain and his Dominions in America, to whose royal person and Government we profess all due obedience and fidelity.

Resolved, That the right to impose taxes or duties to be paid by the inhabitants within this Dominion, for any purpose whatsoever, is peculiar and essential to the General Assembly, in whom the Legislative authority of the Colony is vested.

Resolved, That every attempt to impose such taxes or duties by any other authority is an arbitrary exertion of power, and an infringement of the constitutional rights and liberties of the Colony.

Resolved, That to impose a tax or duty upon tea by the British Parliament, in which the Commons of the North American Colonies can have no representation, to be paid upon importation by the inhabitants of the said Colonies, is an act of power without right, is subversive of the liberties of the said Colonies, deprives them of their property without their consent, and thereby reduces them to a state of slavery.

Resolved, That the late cruel, unjust, and sanguinary Acts of Parliament, to be executed by military force and ships of war upon our sister Colony of Massachusetts Bay and town of Boston, is a strong evidence of the corrupt influence obtained by the British Ministry in Parliament, and a convincing proof of their fixed intention to deprive the Colonies of their constitutional rights and liberties.

Resolved, That the cause of the town of Boston is the common cause of all the American Colonies.

Resolved, That it is the duty and interest of all the American Colonies firmly to unite in an indissoluble union and association, to oppose, by every just and proper means the infringement of their common rights and liberties.

Resolved, That a general Association between all the American Colonies not to import from Great Britain any commodity whatsoever, ought to be entered into, and not dissolved until the just rights of the said Colonies are restored to them, and the cruel Acts of the British Parliament against the Massachusetts Bay and town of Boston, are repealed.

Resolved, That no friend of the rights and liberties of America ought to purchase any commodity whatsoever which shall be imported from Great Britain, after a certain time hereafter to be limited by the Congress, which is shortly expected to meet, nor ought such to have any kind of dealing or connection with any merchant who shall refuse to agree to the measures hereafter to be adopted by said Congress.

Resolved, That every kind of luxury, dissipation, and extravagance, ought to be banished from amongst us.

Resolved, That manufactures ought to be encouraged, by opening subscriptions for that purpose, or by any other proper means.

Resolved, That the African trade is injurious to this Colony, obstructs the population of it by freemen, prevents manufacturers and other useful emigrants from Europe from settling among us, and occasions an annual increase of the balance of trade against this Colony.

Resolved, That the raising sheep, hemp, and flax, ought to be encouraged.

Resolved, That to be clothed in manufactures fabricated in this Colony ought to be considered as a badge and distinction of respect and true patriotism.

Resolved, That the dissolution of the General Assembly by order of the British Ministry, whenever they enter upon the consideration of the rights and liberties of the subject, against attempts to destroy them, is an evidence of the fixed intention of the said Ministry to reduce the Colonies to a state of slavery.

Resolved, That the people of this Colony, being by such dissolution, deprived of a legal representation, ought to nominate and appoint, for every county, proper Deputies to meet upon the 1st day of August, in the City of Williamsburg, then and there to consult and agree upon the best and most proper means for carrying into execution these, or any other Resolutions, which shall be judged more expedient for the purposes aforesaid.

Resolved, That Lemuel Riddick and Benjamin Baker, Esquires, our late Representatives be, and they are hereby, nominated and appointed Deputies upon the part of the freeholders and inhabitants of this county, to meet such Deputies as shall be appointed by the other counties and corporations within this Colony, in the City of Williamsburg, upon the 1st day of August next, or at any other time pr place, for the purposes aforesaid.

Resolved, That at this important and alarming conjuncture it be earnestly recommended to the said Deputies, at the said General Convention, that they nominate and appoint fit and proper persons, upon the part of this Colony, to meet such Deputies, in a general Congress, as shall be appointed upon the part of the other Continental Colonies in America, to consult and agree upon a firm and Indissoluble union and association, for preserving, by the best and most proper means, their common rights and liberties.

Resolved, That this Colony ought not to trade with any Colony which shall refuse to join in any union and association that shall be agreed upon by the greater part of the