After the Continental Congress met inside Philadelphia’s Carpenter’s Hall in 1774, it reassembled the next spring inside the Pennsylvania State House,
After the Continental Congress met inside Philadelphia’s Carpenter’s Hall in 1774, it reassembled the next spring inside the Pennsylvania State House, where it acquired the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Philadelphia had numerous stints as the residence of the Continental Congress and its successor under the Articles of Confederation, which was enacted in 1781.
