The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the ...
British colonies (Georgia did not attend) sent representatives to the first Continental Congress, in Philadelphia, to respond to Parliament passing the Intolerable Acts, punishing Boston for the tea ...
When the document was presented to the Continental Congress on July 1, 1776, both northern and southern slaveholding delegates objected to its inclusion, and it was removed. The only remaining ...
“He was my No. 1 draft pick,” Stokes said of his former ... he plans to stage a dramatization of the First Continental Congress on the grounds of Historic Harmony Hall in downtown Kinston.