List of delegates to the Continental Congress

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. What is the primary location?Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the principal meeting site for the Continental Congress
2. What is the unserved appointees?Approximately 90 individuals were elected as delegates but did not serve
3. Who were the people that helped start America?The delegates were 343 men, including lawyers like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, wealthy merchants, landowners, and politicians from the thirteen colonies.
4. Why did the delegates meet in Philadelphia?Philadelphia was a central, busy city with inns, meeting halls, and printing presses, making it a good place for the Congress to work.

Continental Congress: The collective term for the legislative bodies representing the thirteen colonies and later the United States from 1774 to 1789.
Delegates: Individuals elected or appointed to represent a colony or state in the Continental Congress.
Enlightenment: An 18th-century intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individualism, and human rights, influencing revolutionary thought.