This rebellious act would shock the Northern Ministry and the English Parliament in turn would enact the Coercive Acts which were a series of restrictions and limitations to confine Boston until they paid up for the private property they had trashed. The English wanted to ensure that Boston in particular was subjugated, so they would only now run the upper house of parliament by English appointment. The Intolerable Acts would prove to be the last straw drawn by the English, this action not only affected Boston but resonated throughout the colonies and suddenly people implemented charity into their politics if it meant helping Boston. To address the issue, the American colonists organized their First Continental Congress which invited all delegates from each colony to discuss their current situation. This was in fact one of the first stepping stones to the revolution, and diplomatically one of their first decisions was to stop all trade with the British rule until conditions in Boston were improved, that is, the people were strongly encouraged not to purchase British made products. assets for a proposed period of