First+Continental+Congress

=First Continental Congress =

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====The First Continental Congress was a meeting happened in 1774.This meeting was held in Philadelphia's Carpenters' Hall on September 5, 1774. All of the other 12 states except Georgia all sent delegates to this meeting. During the meeting, the discussions that were said were about how they will get their voices heard in the colonies. The total delegates sent to the meeting was 55. And a few of them were the most important historical figures that are still known today. These figures included George Washington, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, John Jay and John Dickinson. ==== ====First Contintental Congress made vast differences and took action that came to these results: the rights of colonist as Englishmen, The Association, future meeting, and Declaration of Rights. The colonists had the right to self government, decide own taxes, and manage own affairs. The Association was an organization that the members agreed NOT to trade with England. The Congress also made the decision that they should meet again in the spring. ==== ====The rights of colonists as Englishmen were when the colonists had the rights to self government, decide own taxes, and to manage own affairs. But not only did the colonists have the right, the King and the Parliament were given the rights, also. The King had the right to disapprove colonial laws, and the Parliament had the right to control trade in the British Empire. ==== ====On October 20th, an organization was formed that was called The Association. The Association was an organization that boycotted England goods and they did not import or use British goods. This organization was populated by many colonists and began to grow bigger. The Association also discussed about British's Intolerable Acts. ==== ====The delegates decided to meet again in the spring. When the British don't change their laws by May 1775, Continental Congress will once again meet to warn the British that this event is a serious situation and eventually, on May 10, 1775, a petition was sent to King George III notifying them what the colonists had suffered from. ==== ====Later, the Second Continental Congress was held on May 10, 1775 since the law of the Parliament hasn't changed until then. Many other discussions were held and eventually, a war had started later on because there were too much arguments between them. ==== =Delegates = =Timeline = =September 5, 1774 First Continental Congress held = = May 10, 1775 Second Continental Congress held =
 * < New Hampshire ||< John Sullivan, Nathaniel Folsam ||
 * < Massachusetts Bay ||< John Adams, Samuel Adams, Thomas Cushing, Robert Treat Paine ||
 * < Rhode Island ||< Stephen Hopkins, Samuel Ward ||
 * < Connecticut ||< <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Eliphalet Dyer, Roger Sherman, Silas Deane ||
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">New York ||< <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Isaac Low, John Alsop, John Jay, James Duane, William Floyd, Henry Wisener, S. Bocrum ||
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">New Jersey ||< <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">James Kinsey, William Livingston, Stephen Crane, Richard Smith ||
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pennsylvania ||< <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Joseph Gallaway, John Dickinson, Charles Humphreys, Thomas Miffin, Edward Biddle, John Morton, George Ross ||
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Delaware ||< <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Caesar Rodney, Thomas Keane, George Readv ||
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Maryland ||< <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Matthew Tilghman, Thomas Johnson, William Paca, Samuel Chase ||
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Virginia ||< <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, Edmund Pendleton ||
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">North Carolina ||< <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, R. Caswell ||
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">South Carolina ||< <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Henry Middleton, Thomas Lynch, Christopher Gadsden, John Rutledge, Edward Rutledge ||