Question

What event prompted the formation of the First Continental Congress?

Answer 1

The First Continental Congress was created in an acknowledgement to the Coercive Acts is the right answer.

A series of laws were imposed by the British parliament for the restoration of its government in the colonies of America in 1774, is known as the Coercive Acts. These laws were designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their resistance in the Tea Party protest. These laws took away self-governance and important rights of Massachusetts, which caused outrages in thirteen colonies.

This led to the formation of the first Continental Congress with a conference of delegates of the twelve colonies out of the thirteen in response to the Coercive Acts.

Answer 2

• The 'First Continental Congress' meet consisting of 12 delegates from each of the colonies took place on September 5, 1774, immediately after the Boston Tea Party.

• The meet was a reaction to protest against Coercive acts which the British government imposed on its colonies.  

• According to the act, the colonies were asked to pay more tax than they could afford.