First+Continental+Congress

FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies that met on September, 5, 1774 at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania early in the American Revoultion. Called in response to the passage of the intolerable acts by the British parliament, the congress was attended by 56 members appointed by the legislatures of 12 of the 13 colonies, the execption being the province in Georgia, which did not send delegates. The congress met briefly to consider options including an economic boycott of British trade.