Second Continental Congress

Because they were punished for throwing tea into the ocean

Because they were not invited to the meeting

Because they disagreed with the Stamp Act

Because they wanted stricter laws

boycott

increase the value of

sell more

all of the above

To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies

To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

To recover the cost of defending the colonies

To fund the establishment of new colonies

Colonists sought military support from France.

Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.

Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence.

Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

restricted colonial trade with American Indians

imposing regulations on colonial agriculture

angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated

punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament

They didn't have a say in making the tax laws (especially after the Stamp Act)