On October 25, 1774, the First Continental Congress sends a respectful petition to King George III to inform his majesty that if it had not been for the acts of oppression forced upon the colonies by the British Parliament, the American people would be standing behind British rule.
A trade imbalance occurred when America’s _<u>imports</u>_ from Britain exceeded its ___<u>exports</u>___ to Britain.
At this time the US went to Defcon 2
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C. was passed to keep America ethnically uniform.