First Continental Congress

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colonial assembly congress historical event

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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Continental Association	4
Continental Congress	2
Continental Congress of 1774	1
First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1774	1
convening of the First Continental Congress	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial assembly ⓘ congress ⓘ historical event ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Colonial America ⓘ surface form: British America
cause	Acts of Parliament ⓘ surface form: Administration of Justice Act Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Boston Port Act Intolerable Acts ⓘ Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Government Act Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Quartering Act of 1774 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 Quebec ⓘ surface form: Address to the People of the Colonies First Continental Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	First Continental Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Continental Congress
location	Carpenters' Hall ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Province of 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 Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolution
politicalAlignment	Patriot cause ⓘ
precededBy	colonial assemblies and committees of correspondence ⓘ
president	Henry Middleton ⓘ Peyton Randolph ⓘ
result	First Continental Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Continental Association → adoptedBy → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Declaration and Resolves → adoptedBy → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress → adoptedBy → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Address to the People of Quebec → associatedWithEvent → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Address to the People of Great Britain → author → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) → author → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Petition to the King → author → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Intolerable Acts → causeOf → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) → context → First Continental Congress ⓘ

First Continental Congress → documentProduced → First Continental Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Association

Petition to the King → draftedBy → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Declaration and Resolves → establishes → First Continental Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Association

Committees of Correspondence → followedBy → First Continental Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Congress

Petition to the King → historicalContext → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Liberty Boys → influenced → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Sons of Liberty → influenced → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) → legislativeBody → First Continental Congress ⓘ

First Continental Congress → legislativeBody → First Continental Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Congress

Patrick Henry → memberOf → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Province of Pennsylvania → notableEvent → First Continental Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1774

Intolerable Acts → opposedBy → First Continental Congress ⓘ

John Dickinson → participantIn → First Continental Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Congress of 1774

Peyton Randolph → participantIn → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Richard Henry Lee → participantIn → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Edward Rutledge → participatedIn → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Henry Middleton → participatedIn → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Joseph Galloway → participatedIn → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Address to the People of Great Britain → relatedTo → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Continental Association → relatedTo → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Declaration and Resolves → relatedTo → First Continental Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Association

Declaration and Resolves → relatedTo → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Second Continental Congress → replaced → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Boston Tea Party → result → First Continental Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: convening of the First Continental Congress

First Continental Congress → result → First Continental Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Association

Province of Massachusetts Bay → sentDelegatesTo → First Continental Congress ⓘ

American Revolutionary era → significantEvent → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Carpenters' Hall → significantEvent → First Continental Congress ⓘ

Thirteen Colonies → significantEvent → First Continental Congress ⓘ