MA, USA
Plymouth Sends Delegates to Provincial Congress
October 1, 1774
Plymouth sent delegates to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, the extralegal body that assumed governing authority after the British dissolved the colonial legislature. James Warren of Plymouth would eventually serve as president of this congress.
The Provincial Congress organized military preparations, coordinated resistance across the colony, and effectively became the revolutionary government of Massachusetts. Plymouth's representation ensured that the colony's oldest town had a voice in shaping the resistance.
People Involved
Plymouth resident and political writer whose satirical plays attacked British policy and whose three-volume history of the Revolution remains a primary source. She corresponded with Adams, Jefferson, and other founders.
Plymouth political leader who served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House and president of the Provincial Congress. Husband of Mercy Otis Warren and close ally of Samuel Adams.