First Continental Congress convened Boston Tea Party Paine's "Common Sense" Ignoring the Proclamation Line of 1763 Boycott of British luxury goods : Provided justification for fighting for independence from British tyranny. : Formed to address the British actions in Massachusetts and urged citizens to disobey the Coercive Acts. : Although the tax made tea cheaper, the colonists loathed the fact that it created a monopoly for the British East India Company. :: This was in response to the first act to impose a tax on the colonies, which enraged colonists who demanded "no taxation without representation." :: Colonists argued that the needed access to the land acquired as a result of the French and Indian War.

First Continental Congress convened Boston Tea Party Paine's "Common Sense" Ignoring the Proclamation Line of 1763 Boycott of British luxury goods : Provided justification for fighting for independence from British tyranny. : Formed to address the British actions in Massachusetts and urged citizens to disobey the Coercive Acts. : Although the tax made tea cheaper, the colonists loathed the fact that it created a monopoly for the British East India Company. :: This was in response to the first act to impose a tax on the colonies, which enraged colonists who demanded "no taxation without representation." :: Colonists argued that the needed access to the land acquired as a result of the French and Indian War.