The delegates to the First Continental Congress who gathered in September 1774 shared all of the following views EXCEPT
A) Parliament had no right to tax the colonies without their consent.
B) the coercive British treatment of Boston was unwarranted and unjust.
C) the colonies should presently break with Great Britain and declare independence.
D) the rights of the people in the colonies were based on the laws of nature, the British constitution, and the colonial charters.
Answer: C
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