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First Continental Congress
1774 meeting of American colonial delegates
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates of twelve of the Thirteen Colonies held from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia at the beginning of the American Revolution. The meeting was organized by the delegates after the British…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Continental Congress
Convention of delegates that became the governing body of the United States (1774–1789)
The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, who acted as the Provisional Government for the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain in North America, and the newly declared United States before, during, and after the American…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Philadelphia
Largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the sixth-most populous city in the United States with a population of 1.6 million at the 2020 census, while the Philadelphia metropolitan area with 6.33 million…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)