Where did the First Continental Congress meet in 1774, a gathering remembered during America250?

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

Delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies gathered there from September 5 to October 26, 1774. Georgia did not send delegates to this first meeting, although it joined the revolutionary movement later. The meeting responded to British measures known as the Intolerable Acts, imposed after the Boston Tea Party.

Carpenters' Hall was the meeting place of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. Its use helped distinguish the gathering from later sessions held at the building now known as Independence Hall. The Second Continental Congress met at the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence Hall, beginning in 1775.

The First Continental Congress petitioned King George III, organized a colonial boycott of British goods, and agreed to reconvene if their grievances were not addressed. Its decisions helped create the political cooperation that preceded independence.