oct 26, 1774 - First Continental Congress -The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies -at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -In response to the British Parliament’s enactment of the Coercive Acts in the American colonies, the first session of the Continental Congress convenes at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia.
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