Question

The First Continental Congress was convened primarily to ________.

• A. Discuss a unified colonial response to the Intolerable Acts
• B. Discuss a plan to unite the 13 colonies as an independent nation
• C. Raise a standing army that could protect the colonists against British Oppression
• D. Arrive at a set of internal trade regulations that was fair to all colonies
• E. Plan a suspension of all trade with Great Britain

Answer 1

The correct option is A Discuss a unified colonial response to the Intolerable Acts

The intolerable act was created to punish the colonists for their resistance in following new tax regulations created by the British government. Convened in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament in 1774, the First Continental Congress sought to help repair the frayed relationship between the British government and its American colonies while also asserting the rights of colonists. Hence, Option A is correct. Convened in May 1775, the Second Continental Congress decreed that a Continental Army be formed under the command of George Washington. It also discussed a plan to unite the 13 colonies as an independent nation. The plan of suspension of trade was the aftermath of the Frist Continental Congress, not its aim. Hence, the rest of the options are incorrect.