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What was the final event that took place that influenced the colonies to create the First Continental Congress? What did they all agree to do as a protest to England? Why did Lexington and Concord take place and what will it's nickname be known as?

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In response to the violence of the Boston Massacre of 1770 and new taxes like the Tea Act of 1773, a group of frustrated colonists protested taxation without representation by dumping 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor on the night of December 16, 1773 – an event known to history as Boston Tea Party

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