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Congress Hall, located in Philadelphia at the intersection of Chestnut and 6th Streets, served as the seat of the United States Congress from December 6, 1790, to May 14, 1800. [2] [3] During Congress Hall's duration as the capitol of the United States, the country admitted three new states, Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee; ratified the Bill ...
Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were both debated and ratified. Location. 520 Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Coordinates. 39°56′56″N 75°9′0″W. / 39.94889°N 75.15000°W / 39.94889; -75.15000. Architect.
Carpenters' Hall. / 39.9481; -75.1472. Carpenters' Hall, in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the official birthplace of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a key meeting place in the early history of the United States. Completed in 1775, [4] the two-story brick meeting hall was built for and still ...
The south facade of Independence Hall, initially known as the Pennsylvania Statehouse, in Philadelphia, the principal meeting site of the Second Continental Congress A 1977 13-cent U.S. postage stamp commemorating the Articles of Confederation bicentennial; the draft was completed in York, Pennsylvania on November 15, 1777
Independence National Historical Park is a federally protected historic district in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the nation's founding history. Administered by the National Park Service, the 55-acre (22 ha) [1] park comprises many of Philadelphia's most-visited historic ...
The 4th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , from March 4, 1795, to March 4, 1797, during the last two years of George Washington 's ...
United StatesContinental Congress. The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates of 12 of the Thirteen Colonies held from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia at the beginning of the American Revolution. The meeting was organized by the delegates after the British Navy implemented a blockade of Boston ...
The 2nd United States Congress, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from March 4, 1791, to March 4, 1793, during the third and fourth years of George Washington 's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was ...