THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS – 1774 CONVENED AS A RESULT OF GOVERNMENT’S VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW AND ITS REFUSAL TO LISTEN AND RESPOND TO THE PEOPLE’S PETITIONS FOR REDRESS. In September 1774, citizens from Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island sent representatives to Philadelphia in what was … Continue reading The First Continental Congress