9. What was the name of the first meeting of colonial leaders where they wrote a letter to the king?
A. The Stamp Act
B. The Tea Act
C. The Coercive Acts
D. The First Continental Congress

D. The First Continental Congress

Explanation:

The First Continental Congress was the first official meeting of the colonial leaders before the American Revolution.

At this meeting, the leaders wrote a letter to the King and started to organize colonial resistance in response to the Coercive Acts.

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.