Boston met at Faneuil Hall on September 12–13, 1768, declaring a standing army without consent unconstitutional and calling a province-wide conference.

Led by Samuel Adams, James Otis Jr., and Joseph Warren, Boston held a town meeting at Faneuil Hall on September 12 and 13, with Otis as moderator. The meeting asserted its rights, declared that garrisoning a standing army among them without consent was unconstitutional, and vowed to defend the King and their rights as British subjects at the utmost peril of their lives and fortunes. It resolved to hold a province-wide conference starting on the 22nd and appointed Otis, Adams, Hancock, and Thomas Cushing to the organizing committee; the selectmen then invited towns to send delegates.

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