The Recorder is featuring a weekly series every Saturday over the next year on the founding of this nation leading up to the ...

The Continental Congress chose Philadelphia due to the city’s rivers, thinkers, and battles, and the city became the heart of the American ..

(WDBJ) - The first Continental Congress assembled September 5, 1774. The meeting came after Great Britain levied high taxes and passed a series of laws. Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies were ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1774, the first Continental Congress convened in secret in Philadelphia, calling for a boycott of British goods and writing a petition to King George III to ...

PHILADELPHIA (WCSC) - The First Continental Congress adopted a pivotal document that expressed the American colonies’ growing dissatisfaction with British statutes imposed on colonists. The ...

Every day holds its own story, but what makes September 5 so unforgettable? On September 5, history saw breakthroughs and heartbreak. In 1774, the First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia, ...

A John Trumbull painting of the death of American General Richard Montgomery at the Battle of Quebec on December 31, 1775 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The first governing document of the United ...