The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the ...

A local Texas chapter of The Daughters of the American Revolution is challenging the national organization's practice of ...

The historical moment happened on Jan. 14, 1784, when the Continental Congress ratified, or approved, the Treaty of Paris, officially establishing the U.S. as an independent and sovereign nation, ...

The Continental Congress had only tasked the delegates with “the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation,” which only loosely governed the 13 independent American ...

In Philadelphia, the group with take part in special programming at Carpenters’ Hall, where the Continental Congress met, and in field learning opportunities at the National Constitution Center ...

British colonies (Georgia did not attend) sent representatives to the first Continental Congress, in Philadelphia, to respond to Parliament passing the Intolerable Acts, punishing Boston for the tea ...

In an Oct. 17, 1776, letter to Robert Morris, a member of the Second Continental Congress’s Marine Committee, Jones listed 16 ships he had captured or destroyed and bemoaned the “paltry ...

On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress established a naval force, hoping that a small fleet of privateers could attack British commerce and offset British sea power. Get up-to-date Navy ...

The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the ...

The historical moment happened on Jan. 14, 1784, when the Continental Congress ratified, or approved, the Treaty of Paris, officially establishing the U.S. as an independent and sovereign nation ...