Massachusetts+Bay

Delegates: Joe Student, Sean Wood, Mike Brooks

Main Issues:

Freedom of Trade Preservation of Local Government Independence!

The Delegates from Massachusetts are in agreement: we should officially and legally declare ourselves independent, a recognition of something which is, for all intents, nothing more than a simple fact: whether this congress wishes to admit so or not, Great Britain is presently at war with these colonies. They have shed the blood of the men in this colony while attempting to take away from us the means to defend ourselves.

The manifold reasons that have led us to this point bear repeating as well: The British have sought, at every turn, to deny us our rights as Englishmen. They seek to control our trade, and to make us dependent on the crown and its monopolies. When challenged on the rightness of this, they have used force to attempt to compel us into obedience.

Learn more about Massachusetts ..

Presentation: (note, audio file will start playing. The slides are suppossed to autoplay at 20 sec. interval to match the talking..I haven't ever managed to get that consistently working.)

http://prezi.com/5kxlhss-9ash/the-colony-of-massachussets/ .

Final Statement from

[|Delegate Wood]