The first Continental Congress had gathered to discuss the Coercive Acts, but the Americans had called them the Intolerable Acts. It was British's way to punish Boston after the Boston Tea Party where men dressed as Native Americans dumped British tea into Boston harbor because of its tax.
It was due to him breaking laws, he was impeached because of high crimes and misdemeanor.
The British thought they had more supporters in the South
They began fighting for the un settled land