Continental Association

The Continental Association was a trade embargo implemented by the Continental Congress in 1774 against Britain with the goal of increasing pressure to address colonial grievances. One main focus was the Intolerable Acts, which the colonists sought to repeal.

Among other things, the Association contained a clause banning all trade with ships transporting slaves.

Signers

Connecticut	Georgia	Maryland	Massachusetts	New Hampshire	New Jersey	New York	North Carolina	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island	South Carolina	Virginia
Eliphalet Dyer Roger Sherman Silas Deane	Caesar Rodney Thomas McKean George Read	Matthew Tilghman Thomas Johnson William Paca Samuel Chase	Samuel Adams Thomas Cushing John Adams Robert Treat Paine	John Sullivan Nathaniel Folsom	James Kinsey William Livingston Stephen Crane Richard Smith John De Hart	Isaac Low John Alsop John Jay James Duane Philip Livingston William Floyd Henry Wisner Simon Boerum	William Hooper Joseph Hewes Richard Caswell	Joseph Galloway John Dickinson Charles Humphreys Thomas Mifflin Edward Biddle John Morton George Ross	Stephen Hopkins Samuel Ward	Henry Middleton Thomas Lynch Christopher Gadsden John Rutledge Edward Rutledge	Richard Henry Lee George Washington Patrick Henry Richard Bland Benjamin Harrison Edmund Pendleton