The First Continental Congress Was Created in Response to Which

question 96

Multiple Choice

The First Continental Congress was created in response to which of the following?

• A) Immediate calls from colonial merchants for independence from Britain, after the passage of the Tea Act
• B) The fears of the elite class that radical and populist elements were growing too powerful and destabilizing the colonies
• C) An agreement with the British, lasting only temporarily, to allow colonists some limited means of controlling their own affairs
• D) A series of provocations and retaliations between the British government and colonists in the wake of the Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party.

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