It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September and October of 1774. The First Continental Congress petitioned King George III to repeal the Intolerable Acts (punitive measures passed by Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party) and initiated a boycott of British goods.
Progressivism was the reform movement that ran from the late 19th century through the first decades of the 20th century, during which leading intellectuals and social reformers in the United States sought to address the economic, political, and cultural questions that had arisen in the context of the rapid changes brought with the Industrial Revolution and the growth of modern capitalism in America. The Progressives believed that these changes marked the end of the old order and required the creation of a new order appropriate for the new industrial age.
In the years following World War II, car ownership rates rose in America due to the reduced costs of automobiles. During World War II, American industry was greatly advanced due to the proliferation of automobile construction factories built to accommodate the industrial and automobile production needs for the war effort. After the war, these factories - and the readily available resources - caused automobile costs to drop drastically.
Pope Urban ll made the decision to launch the first crusade in 1095. He achieved this by giving a public speech in which he accused the Muslims of many atrocities against the Christians who were living in Jerusalem. One reason, why the Pope decided to launch the first crusade was that, the Byzanthine Emperor has written him a letter asking him for help against the Muslims. The Pope may have made this decision too in order to increase his papacy influence.
The nativists believed that long-ago immigrants from Western Europe could become real Americans. Nativists usually believe that some skills are set into the brain at birth, or "Native". They also thought that American views were connected to Protestant Christianity.