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Volgvan
3 years ago
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What was one action that was taken by the First Continental Congress?

History
1 answer:
iren [92.7K]3 years ago
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They threatened the islands to stop trading with Britain to try to stop the original taxes but it only stopped the imports and exports by a 97% margin. Britain outsmarted them by stopping all shipping to the colonies, which means they failed; because it caused them to have less stocked resources at the start of the Revolutionary War.
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