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What action by the British led to the First Continental Congress?

Stamp Act
What action occurred before the Second Continental Congress could convene?

George Washington was selected as commander-in-chief.
Military clashed at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
Military clashes took place in Trenton.
Quartering Act
Intolerable Acts

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The First Continental Congress was prompted by the Coercive Acts, known in America as the Intolerable Acts, which Parliament passed in early 1774 to reassert its dominance over the American colonies following the Boston Tea Party. Parliament, outraged by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property, enacted the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, in 1774.

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