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Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
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Orangetown Resolutions
1774 declaration of protest against the Intolerable Acts in Orangetown, colonial New York
The Orangetown Resolutions were adopted on July 4, 1774, exactly two years prior to the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. The resolutions were part of a widespread movement of town and county protests of the Intolerable Acts passed by the British…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Province of New York
British colony in North America (1664–1776)
The Province of New York was a British proprietary colony and later a royal colony on the northeast coast of North America from 1664 to 1783. It extended from Long Island on the Atlantic, up the Hudson River and Mohawk River valleys to the Great Lakes and North to the colonies…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Parliament of Great Britain
United English and Scottish parliament 1707–1800
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdom of Great Britain and created the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Intolerable Acts
Series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774
The Intolerable Acts, sometimes referred to as the Insufferable Acts or Coercive Acts, were a series of five punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws aimed to collectively punish Massachusetts colonists for the actions of those…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)