In our first Continental Congress a. denied the sovereignty of King George III, and called for an immediate break with Britian
b. recognized Parliament's power to regulate trade, but not the power to directly tax American citizens
c. conceded Britian's right to tax Americans, but demanded an end to British imports

- tobacco.

- "rolfe reacted to consumer demand by importing seed from the west indies and cultivating the plant in the jamestown colony. those tobacco seeds became the seeds of a huge economic empire.the tobacco economy rapidly began to shape the society and development of the colony. growing tobacco takes its toil on the soil."

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president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.