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 ...

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. Before now, few of “the ...

On June 11, 1776, the Second Continental Congress assigned five delegates to write the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. The Committee included Thomas Jefferson from Virginia ...

To whom among them should the Second Continental Congress delegates look as most likely to successfully deliver the new government, fulfilling nationhood at this most critical juncture? While the ...

A Foxborough sophomore is the only student from Massachusetts selected to participate in the inaugural Young People's Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Here in Boston, we are no strangers to ...

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 ...