What caused Americans to form the first continental congress?

Answer 1

There were several causes for calling the First Continental Congress. Many of the reasons centered around new, and severe, taxes passed by the English Parliament on Colonial commerce. There was the Tea Act, the Molasses Act, several other tax revenue acts, and then, the ultimate insult, The Stamp Act. The intended collection of this new tax money was to pay the cost of The French and Indian War, which placed Great Britain into deep debt. The Tea Act was also intended to give a virtual monopoly to the East India Company over all sales of tea to the American Colonists, by the elimination of tax on their tea. Although this made their tea cheaper and had a higher quality than those of smugglers and that made in the colonies, the simple fact that the colonist did not like their tea but was being pressured to buy their tea at low prices angered them. The Molasses Act interfered with the sale of American made rum, and increased the costs of production. The Stamp Act taxed all official documents, all legal documents, all newspapers, and playing cards. There were probably many other classifications of paper matter included in the act. This last tax act really angered the colonists, and fueled much resentment that eventually led to the Revolutionary War.