What was the reaction of the British to the petition of the first Continental Congress

In the spring of 1774, the British Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, which quickly became known in the North American colonies as the Intolerable Acts. The Intolerable Acts were aimed at isolating Boston, the seat of the most radical anti-British sentiment, from the other colonies.

the two colonies had the earliest laws mandating religious tolerance.

cuban communists pressured the soviet union to place missiles in cuba.