First Continental Congress

The first Continental congress met in Carpenters' hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from Sept.5, to Oct, 26, 1774. Every colony except Georgia sent delegates. George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, Edmon Pendleton, Benjamin Harrison, Richard Bland, and Peyton Rendolph were elected president of the congress. The objective became to make the king and parliament to see the grieve of the colonies and to do the same to the rest of america and the world.