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 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

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Articles of Association adoptedBy First Continental Congress
Articles of Association relatedEvent First Continental Congress