The Fairfax Resolves was a statement drafted on July 17, 1774 by George Washington and George Mason at Washington"s Mount Vernon home, in response to Great Britain"s punitive measures taken against Massachusetts in the Coercive Acts. On the following day, July 18, the Resolves were endorsed by a Fairfax County convention, a public protest meeting staged at the local courthouse with Washington presiding. The resolutions were taken on to the House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress.