Which event led to the creation of the First Continental Congress?

• A. Intolerable Acts
• B. Boston Tea Party
• C. Civil Rights Movement
• D. Great Awakening

Answer: (A)

The event being tested is the direct trigger for colonial unity in facing British policies: the Intolerable Acts. Implemented in 1774 as punishment for colonial resistance to Parliament, including the Boston Tea Party, these measures closed Boston Harbor, tightened British control over Massachusetts’ government, and expanded military presence. Such harsh tactics frightened many colonists and underscored that individual colonies could be overruled by distant authority. Seeing that this punishment could threaten rights across all the colonies, leaders from several colonies decided to meet in Philadelphia to coordinate a unified response. They aimed to articulate grievances, discuss a common plan, and organize economic resistance like a colonial boycott. The Boston Tea Party is part of the backstory that led to the Acts, but the Acts themselves are what directly spurred the formation of the First Continental Congress.