On this day 250 years ago in the Revolution — July 6, 1774

On this day 250 years ago at the Exchange building in Charleston, South Carolina, there was a “General Meeting” of planters, merchants and tradesmen to determine South Carolina’s response to the Intolerable Acts. This meeting named a “General Committee” of 99 members that would end up effectively serving as South Carolina’s government as British authority dissipated.

https://www.ccpl.org/charleston-time-machine/prelude-revolution

Also on this day in New York, Alexander McDougall presided over the “meeting in the Fields” that proclaimed the people’s willingness to resist the Intolerable Acts.

Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mcdougall-alexander

And on this day in Alexandria, Virginia, the Fairfax County Committee chaired by George Washington began meetings to draft the Fairfax Resolves.


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