Creating the United States

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Drafted by George Mason (1725–1792), the Fairfax County Resolves were adopted on July 18, 1774, by Fairfax County, Virginia, at a convention chaired by George Washington that was convened to protest Britain’s harsh treatment of Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party. The resolves proclaimed that imposing British laws on Americans without their consent violated “the privileges of a free people, and the natural rights of mankind.”

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“15. RESOLVED that until american Grievances be redressed . . . ”


Drafted by George Mason (1725–1792), the Fairfax County Resolves were adopted on July 18, 1774, by Fairfax County, Virginia, at a convention chaired by George Washington that was convened to protest Britain’s harsh treatment of Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party. The resolves proclaimed that imposing British laws on Americans without their consent violated “the privileges of a free people, and the natural rights of mankind.”