The+First+Congress

Inferences/Connections/ Predictions/Other Thoughts:  ||  Topic: First Continental Congress  ||  Why didn't the Province of Georgia sent delegates  to the meeting ? Were they angry for the acts ？  Through the first continental congress did not success, it may attract more and more people to fight for their freedom.   "Plan of Union" is the first idea to build up United State of America. Did the colonists accept this idea ?      If British closed the Boston Harbour, how can the British trap to make money ? <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> If British did not pass the intolerable act, would the colonists fight in the American Revolution ? <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> || || <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 12pt;"> (1) It is the meeting meet on September 5, 1774 <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> to discuss the reaction to the Coercive Act. <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> (2) In this meeting, just 12 out of 13 colonies show up , Province of Georgia did not send delegates <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> to the meeting. <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> (3) The Congress met briefly to consider options <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> such economic boycott against British. <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;">(4) The first continental congress was not success, so the congress called for the second continental congress in the following year. <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> (5) Pennsylvania delegate [|Joseph Galloway] sought reconciliation with Britain. He put forth a " [|Plan of Union] ", which suggested an American legislative body be formed <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> ( 1 <span style="font-family: 宋体;">） British react to the Boston tea party by passing the intolerable act   <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> The first action is to closed Boston Harbour .  <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> (2) The intolerable act made colonists angry and fight together .  <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> (3) Stop trade with British .  <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> (4) Set up laws and organization to against England .    <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 12pt;"> ||
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 * <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">The <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Coercive Act has a effluence on the whole colonies.
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 * <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 10.5pt;">first continental congress is the meeting for colonies to meet together to response to the intolerable act, colonist were upset about the intolerable act , they fight together for their freedom . They came up with all kind of idea , the most famous one is " Plane of Union" which suggest colonist to become a union body . <span style="font-family: '宋体'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"> ||