First Continental Congress

When settlers arrived to the nation which would become the United States of America, colonies were governed by British colonial rule, which was carried out by governors for each colony appointed by the English crown. By 1774, each colony had established a Provincial Congress, or an equivalent governmental institution, to govern itself, but the colonies still abided under crown rule.
The Kingdom of Great Britain was one of the major participants in the Seven Years' War which lasted between 1756 and 1763. Britain emerged from the war as the world's leading colonial power of that period. The Seven Year war was massively expensive for Great Britain and had drained the economic resources of the kingdom. In 1774, to raise revenue, the British
It is historically accurate to point out that the Congress was attended by 56 members appointed by the legislatures of twelve of the Thirteen Colonies, the exception being the Province of Georgia, which was hoping for British assistance with Indian problems on its frontier. [1] The congress met to discuss what their options were and to draft a petition to King George III. This petition (which would become known as the Olive Branch Petition) appealed directly to the king and expressed hope for reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain.
The petition was undermined however, due to a confiscated letter of John Adams. John Adams wrote a letter to a friend expressing his discontent with the Olive Branch Petition. He wrote war was inevitable and he thought the Colonies should have already raised a navy and captured British officials. This confiscated letter arrived in Great Britain at about the same time as the Olive Branch petition. The British used Adams' letter to claim that the Olive Branch Petition was
The common law of England was one of the three main historical sources of English law. The other two were legislation and equity. The common law evolved from custom and was the body of law created and administrated by the king’s courts.[7]
Statutory law: The body of law derived from statues rather than from constitutions or judicial decisions – Also termed statute law; legislative law; ordinary law [7] This is the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature and is voted on by congress and signed into law by the executive branch (Be it the President of the United States or a Governor of a State)
Administrative law: The law governing the organization and operation of administrative agencies (including executive and independent agencies) and the relations of administrative agencies with the legislature, the executive, the judiciary and the public. Administrative law is divided into three parts: (1) the statutes endowing agencies with powers establishing rules of substantive law relating to those powers; (2) the body of the agency-made law, consisting of administrative rules, regulations, reports, or opinions containing findings of fact, and orders; and (3) the legal principles governing the acts of public agents when those conflict with private rights.