The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, also known as the Declaration of Colonial Rights, was a statement adopted by the First Continental Congress on October 14, 1774, in response to the Intolerable Acts. The Declaration outlined colonial objections to the Intolerable Acts, listed a colonial bill of rights, and provided a detailed list of grievances. It was similar to the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, passed by the Stamp Act Congress a decade earlier.
The Declaration concluded with an outline of Congress’s plans: to enter into a boycott of British trade until their grievances were redressed, to publish addresses to the people of Great Britain and British America, and to send a petition to the King.