Editing George Washington (section)

===Opposition to the British Parliament and Crown===
{{further|American Revolution|George Washington in the American Revolution}}

Washington was opposed to the taxes which the [[British Parliament]] imposed on the Colonies without [[Virtual representation|proper representation]].{{sfn|Chernow|2010|p=136}} He believed the [[Stamp Act 1765]] was oppressive and celebrated its repeal the following year. In response to the [[Townshend Acts]], he introduced a proposal in May 1769 which urged Virginians to boycott British goods; the Townshend Acts were mostly repealed in 1770.{{sfnm|Glover|2014|1pp=42–46|Taylor|2016|2p=75}} Washington and other colonists were also angered by the [[Royal Proclamation of 1763]] (which banned American settlement west of the [[Allegheny Mountains]]){{sfnm|Chernow|2010|1pp=137, 148|Taylor|2016|2pp=61, 75}} and British interference in American western land [[speculation]] (in which Washington was a participant).{{sfn|Calloway|2018|p=184}}

Parliament sought to punish Massachusetts colonists for their role in the [[Boston Tea Party]] in 1774 by passing the [[Intolerable Acts|Coercive Acts]], which Washington saw as "an invasion of our rights and privileges".{{sfnm|Randall|1997|1p=262|Chernow|2010|2p=166|Taylor|2016|3p=119}} That July, he and [[George Mason]] drafted a [[Fairfax Resolves|list of resolutions]] for the Fairfax County committee, including a call to end the [[Atlantic slave trade]]; the resolutions were adopted.{{sfn|Chernow|2010|p=167}} In August, Washington attended the [[Virginia Conventions|First Virginia Convention]] and was selected as a delegate to the [[First Continental Congress]].{{sfnm|1a1=Ferling|1y=2010|1p=100|Glenn|2014|2p=82}} As tensions rose in 1774, he helped train militias in Virginia and organized enforcement of the [[Continental Association]] boycott of British goods instituted by the Congress.{{sfnm|Ferling|2010|1p=108|Taylor|2016|2pp=126–127}}