The First Continental Congress

question 49

Multiple Choice

The First Continental Congress:

• A) called for a continued boycott of British goods .
• B) had all thirteen colonies participate in it.
• C) immediately assumed the powers of a central government.
• D) named George Washington as the commander in chief of the army.
• E) declared that the militiamen who had gathered around Boston were a full army.

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