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In Congress, Friday, June 9, 1775 : Resolved, that no obedience being due to the act of Parliament for altering the charter of the colony of Massachusetts-Bay ...
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Issued by the Massachusetts Provincial Congress on 9 June 1775, this broadside outlined the regulations passed on by the Continental Congress for establishing a civil government to take control of the colony. This followed former royal governor Thomas Gage's refusal to convene the Massachusetts legislature in 1774.