What did the Continental Association establish, a measure from the pre-independence era recalled by America250?

The Continental Association established a boycott of British goods by the American colonies. The First Continental Congress adopted it on October 20, 1774, as economic pressure against Parliament’s coercive policies.

The agreement called for nonimportation of British goods and created local committees to enforce compliance. It also contemplated stopping exports to Britain if the Intolerable Acts were not repealed.

The Association was a coordinated political and economic response, not a declaration of independence. Congress still presented its actions as a defense of colonial rights within the British Empire. The boycott nevertheless helped build institutions and habits of cooperation among the colonies.

The measure followed the Boston Tea Party and the passage of the Intolerable Acts. When fighting began in 1775, colonial resistance moved from commercial pressure toward armed conflict and eventually independence.