The Massachusetts Delegation Decided Not to Take a National Militia

The resolves were passed on september ninth, and a draft was sent down to philadelphia by a guy who next week is going to make an even more famous ride, boston, silversmith paul revere. Citizens were encouraged to simply ignore the coercive acts, stop paying their taxes, and most importantly, to take control of the local militias. Richard henry lee moved that a national militia be formed. But they settled on merely alerting the various colonies to take steps to make sure that their local militias were trained.