which telling it to the First Continental Congress attempted to remedy the problems with Great Britain by proposing a brand-new form of government hi founder fans Jason here and today we'll be discussing a man named Joseph Galloway now Joseph Galloway was a Pennsylvania delegate and a longtime friend and correspondent of Benjamin Franklin now Galloway went to the First Continental Congress as a moderate and I'll remind you that most of the people at the First Continental Congress were male moderates and almost none of them were calling for independence in fact none of them were vocally calling for independence there were some radicals who are on the edge from Massachusetts in Rhode Island and New England in general Connecticut and New Hampshire also had their fingers pointed in that direction but I will also remind you that the First Continental Congress only lasted about a month as opposed to the Second Continental Congress would which would essentially last for about 15 years um the First Continental Congress was just a month and the delegates showed up and they they came together to say what do we do about these taxes you know things are getting a little bit out of hand and we don't want to go to war because the outbreak of war at Lexington Concord was still about another six months away this was happening in October of 1774 and would it be till the following April that war would actually break out so they're there while they're there the Suffolk resolves show up Paul Revere shows up and he has the Suffolk resolves which were written by dr. Joseph Warren back in Massachusetts and they look at these and the results basically very critical of the government and they most importantly call for a boycott of British goods and the result of the First Continental Congress would essentially be what was recommended in the Suffolk resolves but when this happened Galloway who was a moderate proposed his plan of Union and Galloway's plan of Union is very interesting for several reasons first of all it is a pretty much a reflection of what had happened twenty years prior at the Albany Congress that Benjamin Franklin had recommended and the idea was there would be a one government a parliament of the colonies if you will and that would have a President General appointed by the king and it would have a delegate from each of the thirteen colonies in British North America at least the they were participating it may also have included what other colonies East and West Florida and the Canada's which were all also part of Great Britain at the time they would have also had delegates sent there and each delegate would be sent for three years and the idea was this body would have the ability to veto any of Parliament's laws it would not actually make laws or affect the colonists directly what it would do is simply veto any laws that Parliament might pass that they disagreed with and this was just a means of protection a check and balance if you will which would later become very common in the United States Constitution now this was discussed and debated and it was a very close call but it was outvoted by one one state you know one state margin and voted down the Galloway plan and instead they voted for the boycott on British goods now Galloway after this well he did sign the Continental Association and he would unfortunately leave the First Continental Congress and although he started as a moderate as things got more radical he became more loyalists and eventually sided with Great Britain and at the end of the war did evacuate North America and as a refugee and settled in Great Britain now I know what you're thinking Jason how could a loyalist be an American founder if you're not new here then you've heard me answer this but for those of you who have not heard me say it I I have a very broad definition of what America found American founder includes and if we're talking about someone who signed one of the four major documents of the United States even if he didn't end up siding with the independent United States he certainly had a role in creating an independent United States and therefore no matter what his beliefs were his actions determined that he did my personal opinion have an effect on the American Founding and especially since he proposed his Galloway plan was extraordinarily important because in a way it was closer to the eventual federal government under the Constitution than what these same founders who would vote for independence that he disagreed with what they what they would come up with for the Articles of Confederation and in fact if looking at it objectively his plan of Union was way more radical than the boycott they actually announced now the boycott was a big deal and it affected merchants a lot of things and it did in a fashion work because merchants in Great Britain were complaining to the king in Parliament hey like we're losing all this money please make them stop the boycott but the plan of Union was hey dear he wanted to say hey King let's redo the way government works for colonial America and further while it would have you know the object was to keep the colonies a part of Great Britain because again the revolutionaries were fighting for what they considered their rights as Englishmen they considered themselves British and they were proud to be British because they thought in a way rightfully that the British were the freest people in the world because of their rights as Englishmen and that's what they were fighting for and the idea that oh let's change the government to secure these rights it was extremely radical for the time in a way a little bit too radical and that's that plus the idea that the boycott would work and essentially would work um they decided to vote it down so again like I said my definition of founder is very broad compared to what most people might think but I find Joseph Galloway story extremely interesting and it's important to note this conversation because this was a debate at the First Continental Congress this month long meeting where the colonists came together for the first time in nine years since the Stamp Act Congress and only the second time ever that the cut multiple colonies had sent their people to meet and discuss how to protest the king well i Galloway's participation is essential to know about so maybe he's a loyalist but we definitely had to talk about him I hope you enjoyed talking about him I certainly did if you did please hit like helps me out a lot and if you're new here definitely subscribe I 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