What led to the creation of the Chinese Exclusion Act? (In other words: what was going
on in the country that people push for the creation
of the Chinese Exclusion Act?)

The North Adams Strike of 1870, broken by the replacement of all workers by 75 Chinese men was the trigger that sparked widespread working-class protest across the country, shaped legislative debate in Congress, and helped make Chinese immigration a sustained national issue.

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

i also belive it was in december 1, 1774