Georgia did not send delegates to the First Continental Congress in 1774.
The congress brought together 56 delegates from 12 of Britain’s 13 mainland North American colonies. They met in Philadelphia to coordinate a response to the Intolerable Acts and other disputes with Parliament and the British government.
Georgia’s absence reflected its immediate security concerns. The colony faced conflict on its frontier and depended heavily on British military support, making its leaders less willing than some other colonies to confront the imperial government.
Georgia did participate in the Second Continental Congress, which began meeting in 1775 after fighting had started at Lexington and Concord. This distinction matters because lists of the original Thirteen Colonies can make it easy to assume all 13 attended the first congress.