...members of the General Assembly thereof." 1 1 The Continental Congress joined the two propositions: and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial Legislatures, where their right to representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity, subject only...

...circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy. Resolved, 4. That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate...be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity, subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used...

...circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy. 4. That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate...council: and as the English colonists are not represented ... in the British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their...

...enable them to exercise and enjoy. Resolved, ... 4. That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate...legislative council: and as the English colonists arc not represented, and from their local and other circumstances, cannot properly be represented in...

...of Parliament to regulate external trade, asserting diat the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate...be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal policy, subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used...

...relevant to his argument was the fourth, which stated That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free Government, is a Right in the People to participate...they are entitled to a free and exclusive Power of Legislatures, where their Right of Representation can alone be preserved, in all Cases of Taxation...

...properly be represented in the British Parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive Power of Legislatures, where their Right of Representation...be preserved, in all Cases of Taxation and internal Polity, subject only to the Negative of their Sovereign, in such a Manner as has been heretofore used...

...colonies were not currently represented in Parliament and "cannot properly be represented"; therefore they "are entitled to a free and exclusive power of...legislation in their several provincial legislatures," though they acquiesced to acts "as are bona fide restrained to the regulation of our external commerce."6...

...First Continental Congress, October 14, 1774, stated "that the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council." See Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of American States, 69th Congress, 1 st. Session,...

...forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights. ... 4. That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council. Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 6, 1775 [1] If it was possible for...