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 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 first Congress began in 1789, and truth be told, it wasn’t really the first. The Confederation Congress met from 1781 ...

Whereas, After the first harvest in 1621, the Pilgrims broke bread, gave thanks, and celebrated in Plymouth, observing the ...

Much of this is adapted from my 2001 book, “Nine Months in York Town.” In late November 1777, Continental Congress held two ...

The White Stripes frontman and guitarist Jack White performed a matinee show for approximately 250 people at The Continental ...

This is the second in a series. As 1774 was drawing to a close, the future course of relations between Great Britain and her American colonies was reaching a breaking point. In October, the First ...