The colonists had the first continental congress because they felt that now that they were independent they were more vulnerable to the bigger countries fighting for the land in North America. They had to form a government.
The colonial leaders formed the first Continental Congress on October 26, 1774. It was formed in opposition of the Intolerable Acts imposed by King George III as a punishment. The taxes from the Intolerable Acts were too much for the colonists.
Colonial leaders attended the First Continental Congress to come up with a way to respond to the Intolerable Acts, which were laws handed down by Britain that interfered with the rights of the colonists. The congress met in Philadelphia.
Intolerable Acts by the British led colonial leaders to form the first continental congress and draw up a declaration of colonial rights in 1774. The congress was held as a means of protest against the British.
they formed the colonial militia.
The French and Indian War was the colonial war that occurred first.
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to call for the formation of colonial militias.
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The first continental Congress Decided To boycott all British goods.
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to end the Intolerable Acts
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