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Why was the first colonial congress started

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The First Continental Congress, which was comprised of delegates from the colonies, met in 1774 in reaction to the Coercive Acts , a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes.

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The First Continental Congress. On September 5, 1774, delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia (which was fighting a Native American uprising and was dependent on the British for military supplies) met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament’s Coercive Acts.

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The first colonial congress was started to hopefully reconcile with King George III if I’m not mistaken
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