<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The First Continental Congress </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Thirteen Colonies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> First Continental Congress 1774 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Type </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> Unicameral </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> History </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Established </Th> <Td> September 5, 1774 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Disbanded </Th> <Td> October 26, 1774 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Stamp Act Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Second Continental Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Leadership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> President of Congress </Th> <Td> Peyton Randolph Henry Middleton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Secretary </Th> <Td> Charles Thomson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Seats </Th> <Td> 56 from 12 colonies (excluding Georgia) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Meeting place </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The First Continental Congress </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Thirteen Colonies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> First Continental Congress 1774 </Td> </Tr>

In response to the coercive acts the first continental congress decided