EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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colonial representatives gathered together to discuss issues with Great Britain.
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colonial representatives gathered together to discuss issues with the French.
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colonial representatives gathered together to discuss issues with the Natives.
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colonial representatives gathered together to discuss issues with Colonist.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rather than calling for independence, the First Continental Congress passed and signed the Continental Association in its Declaration and Resolves, which called for a boycott of British goods to take effect in December 1774.
Detailed explanation-2: -The First Continental Congress After much discussion, the Congress issued a Declaration of Rights, affirming its loyalty to the British Crown but disputing the British Parliament’s right to tax it without representation in the parliament.
Detailed explanation-3: -The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament’s passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Continental Congress established an army, a navy and a post office, and issued currency.
Detailed explanation-5: -Forging unity: the First Continental Congress On October 14, 1774, the First Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Colonial Rights and Grievances. The declaration denied Parliament’s right to tax the colonies and lambasted the British for stationing troops in Boston.