posturing and are reasonable for the american public's disgust with congress. where would we be today if george washington, sam adams, patrick henry conducted the nation's business the way today's members of congress did? convened in philadelphia in september 1774, the first continental congress worked hard and in a few weeks, managed to vote to endorse the political statements called the resolves, which paul revere road into town and voted against a plan that would have created an american parliament to act with the british. they documented the constitutional association. composed a statement of american complaints addressed to king george iii and agreed to meet the following spring if complaints had not be properly