Ontario High School History of England . , in ardent sympathywith Massachusetts, invited aContinental Congress to meetat Philadelphia in September, 1774. Twelve out of thirteencolonies sent representatives, and the movement was at onceso formidable as to give pause to any one less obstinate thanGeorge III. The Congress asked for redress that involvedthe repeal of some dozen British Acts of Parliament. In-stead of yielding, the British Parliament enacted furthercoercive measures. It had just furnished the colonies witha new grievance by passing the Quebec Act, which estab-lished a
Ontario High School History of England . , in ardent sympathywith Massachusetts, invited aContinental Congress to meetat Philadelphia in September, 1774. Twelve out of thirteencolonies sent representatives, and the movement was at onceso formidable as to give pause to any one less obstinate thanGeorge III. The Congress asked for redress that involvedthe repeal of some dozen British Acts of Parliament. In-stead of yielding, the British Parliament enacted furthercoercive measures. It had just furnished the colonies witha new grievance by passing the Quebec Act, which estab-lished a despotic government at Quebec to rule the territoryrecently acquired from France, and had placed under thisgovernment a great part of the vast interior of the con-tinent. The Act also conferred large liberties upon theRoman Catholic Church. The measure led the coloniesto fear that a plan was on foot to cancel their libertiesand rule them as Quebec was ruled. They also resentedbitterly the privileges granted to the Roman Benjamin Franklin (17061790) 404 HISTORY OF ENGLAND 3. War with the English Colonies
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