When a country buys more from other countries than it sells, it is known as a

protective tariff

trade deficit

balance of payments

trade barrier

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

i also belive it was in december 1, 1774

congress also has implied powers, which derive from the necessary and proper clause of the constitution and permit congress "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the united states.