It was the "Open Door Policy" that was the name of the trading policy that Secretary of State John Hay initiated with China and the European nations that already had a presence there, since the US wanted to benefit from trade with China as well.
One conflict that the continental congress faces is the anger provoked in Great Britain by the Boston Tea Party. This led to the British Parliament to ennact the "Coercive Acts" ( a more menacing title than that with which we know the same act: the Intolerable Acts) .
