So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

The First Continental Congress closed by urging each colony to ramp up arming and drilling its militia. While all still hoped war could be avoided, it was obvious that violent negotiations were a ...

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 ...

On our nation’s 249th birthday this Fourth of July, the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board recalls the immense courage of our ...

The nation’s capital resided in Pennsylvania before Washington, D.C. However, just where in the state depends on the criteria ...

In the fall of 1774, Adams and 55 other delegates journeyed all manner of distances by foot, horseback and carriage to Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress.

According to Sons of the American Revolution, Captain James Neal Chapter President Ted Cox, the First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia, Pa., and met from Sept. 5 to Oct. 22, 1774.

The first U.S. flag, as adopted by Congress, features 13 alternating red and white stripes along with 13 stars positioned in ...