Questions: It encouraged the colonists to petition King George III to express their grievances.

The answer is: It encouraged the colonists to petition King George III to express their grievances.

This is incorrect. The First Continental Congress did not declare independence from Great Britain. The declaration of independence was made later by the Second Continental Congress in 1776.

This is incorrect. The First Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, not Boston, Massachusetts.

This is incorrect. In fact, the First Continental Congress called for a boycott of British goods through the Continental Association, as a form of protest against the Coercive Acts.

This is incorrect. The First Continental Congress did not produce a document that the colonists found coercive. Instead, it produced documents like the Declaration and Resolves, which outlined colonial grievances and called for the repeal of the Coercive Acts.

This is correct. The First Continental Congress encouraged the colonists to petition King George III to express their grievances. They sent the Olive Branch Petition as a final attempt to avoid a full-blown war with Great Britain.