What steps they took were getting together, and protesting little things with one-another about the unfairness of how they are being treated. Alawys the first thing ANYBODY did to get equal rights was first getting together with people who felt the same way. :-)
I think it is Governor Cyrus Habib.
if that is the right answer please comment, if not please delete my comment.
1604 is when the treaty of london was signed.