sep 5, 1774 - First Continental Congress

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This was the meeting where the American colonists decided to boycott British goods
Due to the Stamp, Intolerable, and Townshend acts, there was a new tax on all goods imported from Britain
Because of this, the American patriots began their fight for independence against the British

Took place somewhere from the fifth of September to the 26 of October 1774

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