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In September and October 1774, all the colonies except Georgia participated in the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The Congress advocated a boycott of all British goods and established the Continental Association to enforce local adherence to the boycott.
What prompted the First Continental Congress to call for a boycott?
- The Continental Association was formed on December 1, 1774, to boycott all contact with British goods. The delegates hoped that by lifting the economic sanctions imposed on the colonists, Britain would repeal its Intolerable Acts.
- In response, colonial protestors led by a group known as the Sons of Liberty issued a boycott call. Merchant communities were hesitant to participate in such a boycott unless mutually agreed-upon terms and a means of enforcing the boycott's provisions were in place.
- The primary achievement of the First Continental Congress was a colonial agreement to boycott British goods beginning December 1, 1774, unless Parliament repealed the Intolerable Acts.
- The boycott was a popular form of protest in which people refused to buy British goods. In 1765, the first colonial boycott began in New York. It spread quickly to other colonies. Colonists hoped that their efforts would harm the British economy and persuade Parliament to repeal the new taxes.
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