<P> The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26 , 1774 at Carpenters ' Hall in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania early in the American Revolution . It was called in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament , which the British referred to as the Coercive Acts , with which the British intended to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party . </P>
<P> The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26 , 1774 at Carpenters ' Hall in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania early in the American Revolution . It was called in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament , which the British referred to as the Coercive Acts , with which the British intended to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party . </P>
when did the first continental congress take place
when did the first continental congress take place
September 5 to October 26 , 1774
September 5 to October 26 , 1774