In 1774 the First Continental Congress sent a document, the Declaration and Resolves, to the British government. In it Congress stated that people have the "right to participate in their legislative council..." In other words, Congress claimed that colonists had the right

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In other words, Congress claimed that colonists had the right to take part in their local or federal government. (Running for elections, voting for elections, ect.)

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