. A history of Pennsylvania. and hadlater given the same advice to other colonies, so the ques-tion came up in Pennsylvania. The proprietaries andAssembly each thought that there was no need for a newgovernment, but those who had responded so enthusiasticallyto the calls from Massachusetts, were sure that anythingwhich had a particle of English authority in it must bedone away with. A public meeting was held May 20, 1776,at which it was resolved that the Assembly, as it drew itspowers from the king and had been chosen for other pur-poses, had no authority to form a new government, butthat a co
. A history of Pennsylvania. and hadlater given the same advice to other colonies, so the ques-tion came up in Pennsylvania. The proprietaries andAssembly each thought that there was no need for a newgovernment, but those who had responded so enthusiasticallyto the calls from Massachusetts, were sure that anythingwhich had a particle of English authority in it must bedone away with. A public meeting was held May 20, 1776,at which it was resolved that the Assembly, as it drew itspowers from the king and had been chosen for other pur-poses, had no authority to form a new government, butthat a convention chosen by the people should undertakethe task. EARLY STAGES OF THE REVOLUTION 139 In spite of much opposition, even from warm supportersof the Revolution, who objected to the method as harshand hasty, the plan was rapidly carried out. A provincialconference of eighty-seven members was held June i8th inCarpenters Hall, which decided that an election should beheld July 8th for delegates to a constitutional £i U </ \4k I
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