The Tory Act laid out guidance for how the colonies should deal with Americans who remained steadfastly loyal to King George III.

On September 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress in the United States met in Philadelphia to consider its reaction to the British government’s restraints on trade and representative government ...

The First Continental Congress, a brazen show of both defiance and union by the American colonies on the road to revolution, met on this day in history, Sept. 5, 1774. It was the first time many of ...

On September 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress in the United States met in Philadelphia to consider its reaction to the British government’s restraints on trade and representative government ...

When the Second Continental Congress met in the Pennsylvania Statehouse in Philadelphia for the first time on this day in 1775, fighting had already broken out between American and British troops at ...

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 Boston ...

Sons of the American Revolution, Captain James Neal Chapter President Ted Cox provides the history of the first Continental Congress at a celebration Thursday. (Photo by Gwen Sour) PARKERSBURG — A ...

THE FIRST OF ITS KIND EVENT IN PHILADELPHIA THIS SUMMER, THE BOSTON MASSACRE OR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. THE BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. THESE WERE THE EVENTS THAT COME TO MIND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ...

On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, named a five-member committee to draft a declaration of independence from Britain. Its members were Thomas Jefferson of Virginia ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Roger Moss gave a tour of the building that served as the meeting place of the First Continental Congress in 1774. Roger Moss gave a tour of the ...

The Journals of the Continental Congress make an excellent textbook on free government. Excerpts would be suitable for the Voice of America. Full sets given to political leaders in a dozen languages ...