USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fifty-six delegates from all the colonies except Georgia drafted a declaration of rights and grievances and elected Virginian Peyton Randolph as the first president of Congress.

Detailed explanation-2: -Georgia was the only colony that did not send any delegates to the First Continental Congress. Facing a war with neighboring Native American tribes, the colony did not want to jeopardize British assistance.

Detailed explanation-3: -Proceedings of the First Continental Congress. The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. Carpenter’s Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates.

Detailed explanation-4: -Button Gwinnett was one of the three Georgia delegates to the Second Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence.