History

What events led to the First Continental Congress?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/events-led-first-continental-congress-97563.html" >What events led to the First Continental Congress?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

American opposition to these laws and to the Quebec Act was felt in all the colonies, since the actions taken against Massachusetts might be extended to any colony and the Quebec Act was considered a violation of the sea-to-sea grants of many colonial charters. The outcome was the First Continental Congress .

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about Intolerable Acts . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: The First Continental Congress came out of what series of events? What served as a catalyst for the First Continental Congress? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

Congress and Presidents: often uneasy allies in war; Congress rallies around...
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor ...when Congress led the charge - but not lately. The Continental Congress directed the...expansionist Congress dragged President...and wartime Congresses have had a tough...For the US Congress, the circle...Office in the first Gulf War. In...he added. "Events will ...
$59 billion ASM stands at the brink of termination; ASM project office broke;...
Newspaper article from: Defense Daily ...pressure from Congress not to stray too...moved from the first week in May to...recent series of events was sparked last...System as the first system to be fielded...teams, Teledyne Continental Motors, Muskegon...General Dynamics-led team, Sterling...confirmed that Congress is ...
The march to independence.(Skills Master 1)
Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic ...some of the key events that made the American...Massacre, is the first widely known act...Acts." As the First Continental Congress, the delegates...April 19, 1775 The first shots of the American...action by Britain led rebellious colonists...
Long may it wave.(Flag Day 2003, history)
Magazine article from: DAV Magazine ...many forms and led Americans into...organized the Continental Army under the...January 1776. This first unofficial, standardized...national flag was the first red and white...the Continental Congress adopted a resolution...establishing the first U.S. National...He arranged the ...
EDITORIAL: Jefferson's 'ball of liberty' still'rolling around the world'...
Newspaper article from: Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA) ...tensions with the British led to the First Continental Congress in September 1774...1775, the Second Continental Congress established...the Course of human events it becomes necessary...were printed for the first time in the July 6...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.