The reason why historians use the term “Middle Ages" is because this timer period took place between the fall of the western Roman Empire and the Renaissance--which were two major, innovative periods of history, whereas not much happened in the Middle Ages relative to them. <span><span> </span></span>
The meeting of the First Continental Congress was called to in response to the Intolerable Acts. They were called the Coercive Acts in Great Britain. They are also sometimes referred to as the Punitive Acts.
