What event prompted the formation of the First Continental Congress?

The Boston Tea Party in 1773 led Britain to pass the Coercive Acts, which the colonists called the Intolerable Acts. In response, colonial leaders met in the First Continental Congress in 1774 to coordinate their opposition. The Boston Tea Party is the event that prompted the Congress; Lexington and Concord happened later, in 1775.

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