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Because of these actions, the [[Continental Congress]] passed a resolution unanimously that urged sending supplies to Bostonians during the [[Siege of Boston]], praised the [[Suffolk Resolves]], and criticized Britain's "wicked ministerial measures."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5bwrAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA74 The Birth of the Republic: Compiled from the National and Colonial Histories and Historical Collections, from the American Archives and from Memoirs, and from the Journals and Proceedings of the British Parliament]</ref>  Likewise the Committee of Correspondence of Worcester noted that: "many places searched, where arms and ammunition were suspected to be; and if found, seized."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=G6wTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA645 The Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775: And of the Committee of Safety, with an Appendix, Containing the Proceedings of the County Conventions-narratives of the Events of the Nineteenth of April, 1775]</ref>

Because of these actions, the [[Continental Congress]] passed a resolution unanimously that urged sending supplies to Bostonians during the [[Siege of Boston]], praised the [[Suffolk Resolves]], and criticized Britain's "wicked ministerial measures."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5bwrAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA74 The Birth of the Republic: Compiled from the National and Colonial Histories and Historical Collections, from the American Archives and from Memoirs, and from the Journals and Proceedings of the British Parliament]</ref>  Likewise the Committee of Correspondence of Worcester noted that: "many places searched, where arms and ammunition were suspected to be; and if found, seized."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=G6wTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA645 The Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775: And of the Committee of Safety, with an Appendix, Containing the Proceedings of the County Conventions-narratives of the Events of the Nineteenth of April, 1775]</ref>

As noted in the ''Chronical'' of 1774, one of the most irritating actions the people were subjected to was the "seizing their arms and ammunition".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mHpIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA489 The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 44]</ref>

As noted in the ''Chronical'' of 1774, one of the most irritating actions the people were subjected to was the "seizing their arms and ammunition".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mHpIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA489 The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 44]</ref>  The following year, King George extended the prohibition, and John Pownall, a member of Parliament, wrote to colonial governors that "His Majesty's Subjects in America should be informed of the Proclamation issued by order of the States General, prohibiting the exportation of Arms and Ammunition from their Dominions, in British Ships or in their own Ships."<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Colonial_Records_of_North_Carolina/_StIAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1186 The Colonial Records of North Carolina]</ref>

One of the final documents prior to the [[Declaration of Independence]] was the [[Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms]], in which it is written:

One of the final documents prior to the [[Declaration of Independence]] was the [[Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms]], in which it is written: