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What events convinced Adams to join the Continental Congress?

According to the John Adams movie what events convinced him to Join the Continental Congress. I know that he won the case of British soldiers but what do u think? Does anyone know about these events? Thanks.

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1. I think it was the gradual realization that the British Parliament did not have the interests of her colonies at heart. Adams, Franklin, and quite a few of the others were royalists initially, but saw the gradual derogation of freedoms and rising tax rates mandated by acts of Parliament as directly effecting the future of the colonies.
2. The passage of the Intolerable Acts was the final straw for Adams. On September 5, 1774, delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met for the first time at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. John Adams said " independence, not reconciliation, could be the colonies' only course."