Question

The delegates who attended the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774

• A. decided to establish a separate colonial government
• B. formed a committee to produce the Declaration of Independence
• C. agreed to meet with the kings Parliament to resolve the issue of taxation
• D. declared that Parliament had no authority over internal colonial affairs but could regulate commerce
• E. demanded that the king remove the American troops stationed in the thirteen colonies

Answer 1

The correct option is D declared that Parliament had no authority over internal colonial affairs but could regulate commerce

Fifty-six delegates from all the colonies except Georgia drafted a declaration of rights and grievances and elected Virginian Peyton Randolph as the first president of Congress. Patrick Henry, George Washington, John Adams and John Jay were among the delegates declared that Parliament had no authority over internal colonial affairs but could regulate commerce.