Author Question: The First Continental Congress a. was attended by delegates from each of the thirteen colonies. ... (Read 51 times)

LCritchfi · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The First Continental Congress

a. was attended by delegates from each of the thirteen colonies.
b. adopted a moderate proposal for establishing a kind of home rule for the colonies under British direction.
c. made a ringing declaration of America's independence from Britain.
d. called for a complete boycott of British goods.
e. failed to endorse a Declaration of Rights for colonists living in America.

Question 2

The First Continental Congress was called in order to

a. consider ways of redressing colonial grievances against Britain.
b. become a legislative body.
c. write the Declaration of Independence.
d. decide which of Parliament's taxes the colonies would and would not pay.
e. help implement provisions of the Quebec Act.