Why did the delegates attend the First Continental Congress?

Answer 1

To protest British colonial policy

To assert colonists' rights as British citizens

To state American rights within the British Empire

Apex:To assert colonists' rights as British citizens

Answer 2

The first Continental Congress met because colonists were unhappy with the rules that England was giving them. Representatives from different colonies discussed how much control British Parliament should have over the colonies and agreed that Britain was passing laws that it had no right to pass. The First Continental Congress met due to the passage of the Intolerable Acts or Coercive Acts.

Answer 3

The First Continental Congress meet to consider options followingpassage of the Coercive Acts (also known as Intolerable Acts by the Colonial Americans) by the British Parliament. The Intolerable Acts had punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party.

Answer 4

It leaded after the boston tea party and also the british were coming so 400 minutemen lined up and Paul Revere told them to go back but they stayed. a little bit later someone fired and it was known as the shot hard around the world bu no one knew who it was and that was the begenning of the continental congress.