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The Continental Congress was a convening that really grew out of many colonists response to

certainly Massachusetts but others to what had happened in Boston in the

aftermath of the Tea Party when Great Britain passed the coercive

acts or what colonists called the intolerable acts. Hello and welcome to episode 396 of Ben Franklin's World the podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people

and events of our early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.

And I'm your host, Liz Kovart. Monday, September 5, 1774. A number of the delegates

chosen and appointed by the several colonies and provinces in North America to meet and hold a Congress at Philadelphia,

assembled at Carpenter's Hall.

That statement began the journals of the Continental Congress, the official meeting minutes

of the First and Second Continental Congress and the Confederation Congress.

Between September 1774 and March 1789,

the congressmen filled 34 printed volumes worth of entries into those journals. This and it adjourned on October 26, 1774, placing us within this Congress's 250th anniversary.

So today, guest host Ashley Bachnight will introduce us to Michael Norris, the Executive Director of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, and of Carpenters Hall, the Meeting Place of the First Continental Congress.

Now during our exploration, Michael reveals the origins of the

carpenters company of Philadelphia and why early Philadelphia carpenters

established it. Details about carpenters hall, its construction, and why the Carpenter's Company rented out their meeting hall.

An information about the First Continental Congress, why it met, and what it accomplished before it adjourned on October 26, 1774.

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