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The most important action taken by the Continental Congress to protest the Intolerable Acts was the formation of the First Continental Congress in 1774. During this meeting, delegates from twelve out of the thirteen colonies came together to discuss their grievances and plan a unified response to the British government. It was during this congress that agreements were made to boycott British goods, support non-importation agreements, and prepare militias for potential conflict with British forces.
The Tea Act Crisis, was the British attempt to bargain Tea prices to the British Colonies in America, this action was seen as a way to make the Colonist go against their principals, given that they were being repressed by the British Parliament. As a result, the Colonists at Boston threw the tea into the harbor. A crime that would go unpunished, but British leaders agreed on regaining absolute obedience.
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A British colonial official may defend British action toward the American colonies in the years just before the Revolution. They may use the argument that the colonists were traitors.
The moderates were the people who were non-violent and who opposed violence. They proposed to struggle against the British in a non-violent manner. In the first twenty years of its existence, the Congress was "moderate" in its objectives and methods. Its Moderate Leaders practised what was called by the Radicals as the "politics of petition". They would raise various political, administrative and economic issues, place their demands before the government, and expected the government to take action accordingly.
they called for a boycott of all British imports
they called for a boycott of all British imports
they called for a boycott of all British imports
they called for a boycott of all British imports
Delegate members from each state attended the continental congress to discuss British authority in the America colonies. Delegates from nine colonies met in 1765, and collectively declined taxation by the British Parliament on the colonies.
The use of privateers by the Americans was the most effective action against British shipping. ..
The use of privateers by the Americans was the most effective action against British shipping. ..
The First Continental Congress petitioned the English crown for redress of certain grievances. Those grievances primarily consisted of the passage of what was known as Coercive Acts by the British, which were the punishment of the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
The Continental System called for an embargo against British trade.
George Grenville's first action in the colonies was to take action against smugglers. George Grenville was a British Whig statesman.
They boycotted British imports
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