If these meetings are considered illegal and improper, it will require a higher authority to remedy it... for the
executive powers of government in the colonies are too
weak to [fix] such abuses, and prosecutions [of those who
break the law] would only be laughed at, and no grand
jury would [charge those accused).
-Governor James Wright, 1774
How does the governor describe his ability to stop the
meetings?
O He believes that he does not have enough power to
stop the meetings
He believes that it is well within his control to stop
the meetings
He cannot stop the meetings without knowing why
they are being held.
He does not want to stop the meetings because he
agrees with them.