james suspended Process_end the scottish and english parliaments when they refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to repeal the anti-catholic test Testing acts and efforts to rule without them caused Causation the instability his supporters wanted to avoid Preventing_or_letting .

Colonists up and down the Thirteen Colonies in turn responded Response to the Intolerable Acts with additional acts Action of protest , and by convening the First Continental Congress , which petitioned the British monarch for repeal Process_end of the acts Action and coordinated colonial resistance Defending to them .