First Continental Congress

In response to the Coercive Acts colonists delegates from every colony, except Georgia, met in Pennsylvania in the Fall of 1744, for the First Continental Congress. In Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the meeting took place. This delegates where elected by the people and committes of correspondence. This congress was where many of the colonists actions against England were decided. The Congress, took weeks for delegates to work together, because colonies had always work separately. All colonies had a common purpose, which was protest against England.

Some of the actions taken by the Congress are:

Galloway Plan of Union- This was proposed by Joseph Galloway a Pennsylvania delegate, who wanted a reconcilation between the Colonies and the Parliament. He wanted them to unite and work together.

Suffolk Resolves- this resolves were proposed by Paul Revere, which had radical ideas against Britain. This were based in many Bostonian ideas.

The Association- The delegates agreed to make a Continental Association, which decided a economic boycott against British. They agreed to not buy, not consume nor import economic items. They do not export neither.

Declaration of Rights and Grievances- This was a recopilation of the colonists' thoughts and complains, which was sent to the King. In this declaration they stated what rights they deserve and how they needed to be treated in the colonies.

Delgates of the First Continental Congress

New Hampshire:	John Sullivan, Nathaniel Folsom
Massachusetts Bay:	John Adams, Samuel Adams, Thomas Cushing, Robert Treat Paine
Rhode Island:	Stephen Hopkins, Samuel Ward
Connecticut:	Eliphalet Dyer, Roger Sherman, Silas Deane
New York:	Isaac Low, John Alsop, John Jay, Philip Livingston, James Duane, William Floyd, Henry Wisner, Simon Boerum
New Jersey:	James Kinsey, William Livingston, Stephen Crane, Richard Smith, John De Hart
Pennsylvania:	Joseph Galloway, John Dickinson, Charles Humphreys, Thomas Miffin, Edward Biddle, John Morton, George Ross
Delaware:	Caesar Rodney, Thomas McKean, George Read
Maryland:	Matthew Tilghman, Thomas Johnson, William Paca, Samuel Chase, Robert Goldsborough
Virginia:	Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, Edmund Pendleton
North Carolina:	William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, Richard Caswell
South Carolina:	Henry Middleton, Thomas Lynch, Jr., Christopher Gadsden, John Rutledge, Edward Rutledge