Virginia Nonimportation Resolutions, 17-18 May 1769
- Item sets
- Sources
- Name
- Virginia Nonimportation Resolutions, 17-18 May 1769
- Description
- Record of the Virginia House of Burgesses' nonimportation resolutions adopted after the Governor dissolved the Assembly. The resolutions protest Parliamentary taxation for revenue (particularly the Townshend duties on tea, paper, glass) and establish binding agreements to boycott British manufactures and restrict imports until the offending acts are repealed. This document demonstrates the constitutional crisis in the American colonies and provides comparative context for similar resistance movements.
- Date
- 17-18 May 1769
- Type
- Financial Data
- Collection
- Crown Administration
- Type
- Parliamentary Record
- Date Created
- 1769-05-17
- Creator
- Members of the Virginia House of Burgesses (dissolved)
- Audience
- Freeholders and inhabitants of Virginia Colony; Merchants and manufacturers of Great Britain
- Identifier
- Evans 11513; Sabin 100504; Clayton-Torrence 354
- Language
- English