The First Continental Congress closed by urging each colony to ramp up arming and drilling its militia. While all still hoped war could be avoided, it was obvious that violent negotiations were a ...

The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the ...

The proposal for a Continental Congress came first from the Sons of Liberty in New York; it was immediately taken up by the members of the Virginia legislature, ...

The First Continental Congress convened on on Sept.5, 1774, including delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies and Founding Fathers such as John Adams, Patrick Henry and George Washington.

South Carolina originally sent five delegates to the Second Continental Congress but only one, Edward Rutledge, remained to ...

The First Continental Congress, 1774 The First Continental Congress, 1774 is a mural at Great Experiment Hall, Cox Corridors, in the U.S. Capitol, created by Allyn Cox.

First Continental Congress. Roger Moss gave a tour of the building that served as the meeting place of the First Continental Congress in 1774.

According to Sons of the American Revolution, Captain James Neal Chapter President Ted Cox, the First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia, Pa., and met from Sept. 5 to Oct. 22, 1774.

These were the first troops Congress agreed to pay from its own funds, and the units later became the 1st Continental Regiment. (John R. Maass of the U.S. Army Center for Military History ...

When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old. In September 1774, nearly two years before the Declaration of Independence, delegates from 12 of the ...

It is called "The First Prayer in Congress." On Sept. 5, 1774, the First Continental Congress convened at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. Fifty-three delegates from 12 colonies attended.

The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the ...