First Continental Congress

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The First Continental Congress was a 1774 gathering of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that coordinated a unified colonial response to British policies and helped lay the groundwork for the American Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial assembly
congress
historical event
appliesToJurisdiction British America
linked to: Colonial America
cause Administration of Justice Act
linked to: Acts of Parliament

Boston Port Act
linked to: Intolerable Acts

Intolerable Acts
Massachusetts Government Act
linked to: Intolerable Acts

Quartering Act of 1774
linked to: Intolerable Acts

Quebec Act
chronologyWithin American Revolutionary period
colonyNotRepresented Province of Georgia
country Thirteen Colonies
documentProduced Address to the People of Great Britain
Address to the People of Quebec
Address to the People of the Colonies
Continental Association
Declaration and Resolves
Petition to the King
endDate 1774-10-26
followedBy Second Continental Congress
hasPurpose assert colonial rights
coordinate a unified colonial response to British policies
lay groundwork for the American Revolution
oppose the Intolerable Acts
historicalSignificance first coordinated intercolonial political body in British North America
helped unify the colonies against British rule
language English
legislativeBody Continental Congress
location Carpenters' Hall
Philadelphia
Province of Pennsylvania
linked to: Pennsylvania
method economic sanctions rather than immediate independence
notableDelegate Edward Rutledge
George Washington
John Adams
John Dickinson
John Jay
Joseph Galloway
Patrick Henry
Richard Henry Lee
Samuel Adams
numberOfColoniesRepresented 12
opposedTo British Parliament
British imperial policy
organizedBy colonial leaders of the Thirteen Colonies
partOf American Revolution
politicalAlignment Patriot cause
precededBy colonial assemblies and committees of correspondence
president Henry Middleton
Peyton Randolph
result Continental Association
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
call for a Second Continental Congress
nonconsumption agreement
nonexportation agreement
nonimportation agreement
petition to King George III
secretary Charles Thomson
significantYear 1774
stance affirmed loyalty to King George III while protesting Parliament's authority
startDate 1774-09-05

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Thirteen Colonies significantEvent First Continental Congress
Boston Tea Party result convening of the First Continental Congress
linked to: First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress result Continental Association
linked to: First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress legislativeBody Continental Congress
linked to: First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress documentProduced Continental Association
linked to: First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress replaced First Continental Congress
Declaration and Resolves adoptedBy First Continental Congress
Declaration and Resolves establishes Continental Association
linked to: First Continental Congress
Declaration and Resolves relatedTo Continental Association
linked to: First Continental Congress
Declaration and Resolves relatedTo First Continental Congress
Address to the People of Great Britain author First Continental Congress
Address to the People of Great Britain relatedTo First Continental Congress
Address to the People of Quebec associatedWithEvent First Continental Congress
Sons of Liberty influenced First Continental Congress
Intolerable Acts causeOf First Continental Congress
Intolerable Acts opposedBy First Continental Congress
Henry Middleton participatedIn First Continental Congress
Petition to the King author First Continental Congress
Petition to the King draftedBy First Continental Congress
Petition to the King historicalContext First Continental Congress
Carpenters' Hall significantEvent First Continental Congress
Province of Massachusetts Bay sentDelegatesTo First Continental Congress
Edward Rutledge participatedIn First Continental Congress
Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) author First Continental Congress
Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) context First Continental Congress
Committees of Correspondence followedBy Continental Congress
linked to: First Continental Congress
Richard Henry Lee participantIn First Continental Congress
Patrick Henry memberOf First Continental Congress
Joseph Galloway participatedIn First Continental Congress
Peyton Randolph participantIn First Continental Congress
Liberty Boys influenced First Continental Congress
John Dickinson participantIn Continental Congress of 1774
linked to: First Continental Congress
Province of Pennsylvania notableEvent First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1774
linked to: First Continental Congress
Continental Association adoptedBy First Continental Congress
Continental Association relatedTo First Continental Congress
American Revolutionary era significantEvent First Continental Congress
Philip Livingston participatedIn First Continental Congress
George Read memberOf First Continental Congress
official records of the Continental Congress chronicles First Continental Congress
Galloway Plan of Union proposedAt First Continental Congress
Galloway Plan of Union rejectedBy First Continental Congress
Elizabeth Harrison Randolph associatedWith First Continental Congress (through Peyton Randolph)
linked to: First Continental Congress
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania influenced First Continental Congress delegates
linked to: First Continental Congress
Speech on Conciliation with America relatedEvent First Continental Congress
Continental Congress hasPart First Continental Congress
History of Philadelphia includesEvent First Continental Congress