What action by the British led to the First Continental Congress?

Question

Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Quartering Act

Answer 1

The action by the British that led to the First Continental Congress was the Intolerable Acts. These acts were a series of punitive measures imposed by the British government in response to the Boston Tea Party and other acts of colonial defiance, which heightened tensions between Britain and the American colonies and ultimately led to the gathering of the First Continental Congress in 1774.