Massachusetts Provincial Congress

As the Intolerable Acts started to be imposed, there was one that affected Massachusetts directly. This was the Massachusetts Government Act. This act took away their right to govern themselves. The colonists took the matter in their hands and started to appoint their own authorities, which led to the emerged of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress.

This Massachusetts Provincial Congress counted with many risks, because first of all it was illegal and they could be arrested for being part of this Congress. The first meeting of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress was on October 7, 1774. During the meeting many important issues were discuss:

1. They agree that they need to make something to protect themselves against the British.

2. A tax collector was assigned. It was Henry Gardner. (The Congress needed money to prepare an army for war).

3. They founded a Committee of Safety and a Committee of Supplies.

Every time the Congress made a meeting it was done in different places, so they couldn’t be caught be the British. The Massachusetts Provincial Congress had the opportunity to govern all Massachusetts except Boston. They couldn´t control Boston because it was the British base.

The presidents of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress had being great men such as:

·John Hancock

·Joseph Warren

·James warren