The purpose of the petition sent to King George the third by the First Continental Congress was to repeal the Coercive Acts.
After the ending of the French and Indian Wars, the British
started charging the colonies with several types of undue taxes. This resulted
in deterioration of relationship between the British and the colonies. The
colonial people were of the opinion that since they did not have any
representatives in the British parliament, so the Parliament did not have any
right to tax them with new laws.
