Enlightenment · North America · Politics

1774

First Continental Congress Meets

September 5, 1774

Fifty-six delegates from twelve colonies - Georgia stayed home - met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia. They drafted a bill of rights, organized a continental boycott, and agreed to meet again in May if London didn't back down. Patrick Henry told them: 'I am not a Virginian, but an American.'

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Before and after in North America

Before: December 16, 1773: Boston Tea Party
After: April 19, 1775: Lexington and Concord

Before and after in Politics

Before: December 16, 1773: Boston Tea Party
After: May 10, 1775: Second Continental Congress Convenes

Era

Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: First Continental Congress