What was the first meeting place of the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774?

The First Continental Congress met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia in 1774.

Delegates gathered there from September 5 through October 26, 1774. Twelve of the Thirteen Colonies sent representatives; Georgia did not attend. The meeting was called in response to Britain’s Coercive Acts, which punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party and closed Boston Harbor.

Carpenters' Hall was the meeting place of the Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. Its use gave the delegates a comparatively private setting away from the Pennsylvania provincial assembly, whose meeting place is now known as Independence Hall.

The congress adopted the Continental Association, which organized a boycott of British goods, and sent a petition to King George III. It also agreed to meet again if its grievances were not resolved. The Second Continental Congress convened in 1775 after fighting began and eventually directed the Revolutionary War.