just by declaring that this exists--

只存于口头上...
that goes throughout the colonies.

覆盖了所有殖民地
Second, in the process of doing that

其次在这过程中
the Association brought literally thousands of people

大陆协会把数以千计的人
into the war effort as committee members.

卷入到协会的战时工作中
Third, although the Continental Congress was an unofficial congress

再次尽管大陆协会是一个非官方协会
that didn't have any real authority,

并没有实际权力
by creating the Continental Association

但通过创立大陆协会
it basically passed a piece of legislation

一些法律法规基本获得了通过
that applied throughout the colonies.

并在所有殖民地推行
Committees of Inspection considered themselves

监察委员会把自己看做
the enforcement agencies of the Continental Congress,

大陆协会的执行机构