The First Continental Congress met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia in 1774.
Delegates from 12 of the 13 British American colonies gathered there from September 5 to October 26. Georgia did not send representatives, largely because Loyalist sentiment remained strong there. The meeting followed Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts, which punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
Carpenters' Hall was the meeting place of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. Its relatively private setting made it suitable for delegates who were still debating how strongly to respond to Britain. The Congress agreed to boycott British goods through the Continental Association, but it did not yet call for independence.
A common mix-up is Carpenters' Hall versus Independence Hall. The First Continental Congress met at Carpenters' Hall; the Second Continental Congress later met at the Pennsylvania State House, now called Independence Hall. The later body directed the Revolutionary War and adopted the Declaration of Independence.