We resolve to be free - Suffolk Resolves - Joseph Warren

On August 26, 1774, representatives of the most populous and influential counties of Massachusetts met in a convention in Suffolk County to figure out how to respond to the dire situation they faced with recently passed legislation and the military occupation of their capitol. The resulting Suffolk Resolves were a masterfully stunning piece of constitutional enforcement that led within nineteen months to the end of British rule in Massachusetts.https://www.txce.org/the_suffolk_resolves