Continental Congress Grievances

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The grievances that led the continental congress The continental congress led the king to heavily taxing items. The reaction to the colonist was beyond angry. When the king started to tax the items, the people wanted to rebel. This led to the declaration of independence. Soon after the items were taxed the people would stop buying them. That’s what made the merchants mad! The reaction to the king was to tax even more items without the consent of the colonies permission. An example of an item that was taxed without permission of the people was the, Stamp Act. The Stamp Act happened, November 1765 when the king taxed stamps. The reaction was that the people rebelled against the stamp. They rebelled because they didn’t want to pay for something