<P> The building was completed in 1753 as the colonial legislature ( later Pennsylvania State House ) for the Province of Pennsylvania and was used in that capacity until the state capital moved to Lancaster in 1799 . It became the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1783 and was the site of the Constitutional Convention in the summer of 1787 . </P>
<P> The building was completed in 1753 as the colonial legislature ( later Pennsylvania State House ) for the Province of Pennsylvania and was used in that capacity until the state capital moved to Lancaster in 1799 . It became the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1783 and was the site of the Constitutional Convention in the summer of 1787 . </P>
independence hall in philadelphia hosted what 1787 event
independence hall in philadelphia hosted what 1787 event
Constitutional Convention
Constitutional Convention