The First Continental Congress was
A)the meeting arranged between British and colonial forces to negotiate the end of the Revolutionary War.
B)the British government's lawmaking body for the colonies prior to 1776.
C)a loose affiliation of small farmers and artisans that organized protests against British rule between 1770 and 1774.
D)a group of colonial delegates assembled in 1774 that called for a total boycott of all British goods.

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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of colonial delegates that took place in 1774. The delegates called for a total boycott of all British goods as a response to the Intolerable Acts that had been imposed on the colonies by the British government.

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