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The '''First Continental Congress''' was a convention of delegates from the original ''Thirteen Colonies'' of the United States. | The '''First Continental Congress''' was a convention of delegates from the original ''Thirteen Colonies'' of the United States, held in response to the ''Coercive Acts'', known commonly as the [[Intolerable Acts]], of the British Parliament.<ref>[[Murray Rothbard]], [http://library.mises.org/books/Murray%20N%20Rothbard/Conceived%20in%20Liberty_Vol_2.pdf ''Conceived in Liberty''] p. 1048</ref> | ||
The initial call for the ''Continental Congress'' came from the Massachusetts Assembly on June 17, 1774. The convention itself took place in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774. <ref>[[Murray Rothbard]], [http://library.mises.org/books/Murray%20N%20Rothbard/Conceived%20in%20Liberty_Vol_2.pdf ''Conceived in Liberty''] p.1048, p. 1060</ref> | The initial call for the ''Continental Congress'' came from the Massachusetts Assembly on June 17, 1774. The convention itself took place in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774. <ref>[[Murray Rothbard]], [http://library.mises.org/books/Murray%20N%20Rothbard/Conceived%20in%20Liberty_Vol_2.pdf ''Conceived in Liberty''] p.1048, p. 1060</ref> | ||
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The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the original Thirteen Colonies of the United States, held in response to the Coercive Acts, known commonly as the Intolerable Acts, of the British Parliament.[1]
The initial call for the Continental Congress came from the Massachusetts Assembly on June 17, 1774. The convention itself took place in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774. [2]
References
- ↑ Murray Rothbard, Conceived in Liberty p. 1048
- ↑ Murray Rothbard, Conceived in Liberty p.1048, p. 1060