Which 1774 assembly of colonial delegates met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia?

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

The assembly convened from September 5 to October 26, 1774, as the colonies responded to the Intolerable Acts passed by Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies attended; Georgia did not participate because Loyalist sentiment remained strong there.

The First Continental Congress petitioned King George III, organized a colonial boycott through the Continental Association, and agreed to meet again if grievances were not resolved. It did not declare independence and did not create a permanent national government.

The meeting is often confused with the Second Continental Congress, which began in 1775 and directed the Revolutionary War before approving the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Carpenters’ Hall was a Georgian-style meeting building completed in 1774, and its use by the Congress helped make Philadelphia a central political gathering place during the revolutionary period.