贺智涛
2021-07-28
TheContinentalAssociation,oftenknownsimplyasthe"Association",wasasystemcreatedbytheFirstContinentalCongressin1774forimplementingatradeboycottwithGreatBritain.Congresshopedthatbyimposingeconomicsanctions,theywouldpressureGreatBritainintoredressingthegrievancesofthecolonies,inparticularrepealingtheIntolerableActspassedbytheBritishParliament.TheAssociationaimedtoalterBritain"spoliciestowardsthecoloni