On the verge of financial crisis, Louis XVI was forced to call a meeting of the

With France on the verge of financial collapse, Louis XVI was forced to call a meeting of representatives of the Estates-General, or all three Estates meeting together, to raise taxes.

nativists tried to get rid of the immigrants as they thought they were going to ruin the u.s.  

i belive the continental association was created to boycott all contact with british goods.

i also belive it was in december 1, 1774