How did colonists and parliament's conflicts during the 1760s?

Originally many of the acts imposed upon the colonies angered the merchant class as their profits were being suppressed by taxes such as the stamp act which taxed the paperwork needed for business transactions. After the Boston Tea Party the British Parliament imposed the intolerable acts which included the Quebec Act and the Quartering Act as well as others like the one that closed down the port of Boston. These acts were aimed at Boston and the Massachusetts colony as it placed harsh restrictions on the residents while at the same time the Quebec act was giving the French living in Quebec more rights and control over their affairs as bostonians were limited in their rights. This outraged not only those living in Massachusetts but the rest of the colonies and was the turning point towards a move to independence. The First Continental Congress was called shortly after to discuss what actions should be taken and marked the unification of the American colonies for the first time against Britain.