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 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 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.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Monday was a special anniversary for historic Carpenters' Hall on Chestnut Street in Old City. The building, now a museum, is best known as a meeting place of the first ...

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 ...

Roger Moss gave a tour of the building that served as the meeting place of the First Continental Congress in 1774. Report profane or abusive content. Report Video Issue ...