First Continental Congress 1774

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:calls_for gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:created gptkb:Committees_of_Correspondence
gptkbp:date 1774
gptkbp:discusses Taxation without representation
Colonial unity
Military preparations
Trade relations with Britain
gptkbp:duration September 5 to October 26, 1774
gptkbp:encouraged Local militias
gptkbp:established gptkb:Continental_Association
gptkbp:first_introduced gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:The_Declaration_of_Independence
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Continental_Army
Petition to the King
gptkbp:governed_by Colonial leaders
gptkbp:has_member Colonial representatives.
gptkbp:held_in gptkb:Carpenters'_Hall
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First Continental Congress 1774
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Intolerable_Acts
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Previous colonial assemblies
gptkbp:inspired_by Enlightenment ideas
gptkbp:is_a_framework_for Future American governance
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for Colonial leaders and representatives
gptkbp:is_attended_by gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkbp:is_characterized_by Debate and discussion
gptkbp:is_discussed_in Independence from Britain
gptkbp:is_documented_in gptkb:Journals_of_the_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:is_essential_for Colonial rights
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:political_movement
gptkbp:is_supported_by Colonial assemblies
Public opinion in the colonies
gptkbp:key_event gptkb:American_history
gptkbp:location gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:membership 12 of the 13 colonies
gptkbp:notable_event The lead-up to the Revolutionary War
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:The_Association
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Samuel_Adams
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:Patrick_Henry
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gptkbp:outcome gptkb:Declaration_of_Rights_and_Grievances
gptkbp:purpose Address colonial grievances
gptkbp:resulted_in Increased tensions with Britain
gptkbp:significance Unified colonial response to British policies
Establishing a collective colonial identity
gptkbp:symbol Colonial unity against oppression
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for Revolutionary sentiment
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:The_Coercive_Acts
British military actions
Economic restrictions by Britain
gptkbp:was_a_turning_point_for Colonial resistance
gptkbp:works_to Boycott British goods
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:King_George_III
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3