<P> On August 26--27, the Committees of Correspondence from Suffolk, Middlesex, Essex, and Worcester counties met at Faneuil Hall in Boston to oppose the recent Massachusetts Government Act, which had disenfranchised citizens of Massachusetts by revoking key provisions of the provincial Charter of 1691 . This convention urged all Massachusetts counties to close their courts rather than submit to the oppressive measure . Berkshire had already done so, and by the first week of October, seven of the nine contiguous mainland counties in Massachusetts had followed suit . </P> <P> As each county, in turn, closed its court, it issued a set of resolves to explain its actions . Although these resolves were all similar in tone and scope, the one written by patriots in Suffolk has received more attention for two reasons: it was better crafted, and it was formally endorsed by the Continental Congress . Ironically, Suffolk, which contained Boston, was the only county in which courts remained nominally open, under the protection of British troops . </P> <P> At the Suffolk County Convention of the Committees of Correspondence on September 6, 1774, Joseph Warren introduced the first draft of the Suffolk Resolves, which were edited and approved three days later at the Daniel Vose House in Milton, Massachusetts which was then part of Suffolk County but is now in Norfolk County, Massachusetts . The convention that adopted them had first met at the Woodward Tavern in Dedham, which is today the site of the Norfolk County Courthouse . As with the other county resolves, the Suffolk document denounced the Intolerable Acts, or Coercive Acts, that had recently been passed by the British Parliament, and specifically resolved to: </P> <Ol> <Li> boycott British imports, curtail exports, and refuse to use British products; </Li> <Li> pay "no obedience" to the Massachusetts Government Act or the Boston Port Bill; </Li> <Li> demand resignations from those appointed to positions under the Massachusetts Government Act; </Li> <Li> refuse payment of taxes until the Massachusetts Government Act was repealed; </Li> <Li> support a colonial government in Massachusetts free of royal authority until the Intolerable Acts were repealed; </Li> <Li> urge the colonies to raise militia of their own people . </Li> </Ol>

What was the significance of the suffolk resolves