. he port of Boston; recommending a GeneralCongress of the colonies; the abandonment of the use of British merchandise,and finally for the appointing of deputies to concert measures for the meetingof the General Congress. As emphatic as were the people of this meeting,there was no sentiment of revolt or war upon the mother country. Even af-ter the war had actually commenced and the battle of Lexington had been fought,the loyalty of the people to their government is manifested by the action ofthe Assembly of Pennsylvania, in November,
. he port of Boston; recommending a GeneralCongress of the colonies; the abandonment of the use of British merchandise,and finally for the appointing of deputies to concert measures for the meetingof the General Congress. As emphatic as were the people of this meeting,there was no sentiment of revolt or war upon the mother country. Even af-ter the war had actually commenced and the battle of Lexington had been fought,the loyalty of the people to their government is manifested by the action ofthe Assembly of Pennsylvania, in November, 1775. appointing delegates torepresent the province in Congress, and expressly instructing them that they,in behalf of this colony, dissent from, and utterly reject any proposition, shouldsuch be made, that may cause or lead to a separation from our mother country,or a change of the form of this government. This was in November, but thebattle of Lexington occurred in the preceding April. In Vol. II, page 516, American Archives of date May 6, 1775, seventeen.
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