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# John Peters... an enemy to Congress?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/the-american-revolution/extras/john-peters-an-enemy-to-congress-tylpt7/
- Published: 2025-11-07T22:15:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-12T20:13:04.000Z
- Description: John Peters was the most respected man in his small settlement until the First Continental Congress.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The American Revolution, #ZZZ_Show_f16516f8-e9bd-49d8-b49b-96781c68070a, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_a0cdd102-bbb8-4ce5-b0ee-3f28c9263e8b, #extra

John Peters was the most respected man in his small settlement. In 1774, his neighbors picked him to represent them in the First Continental Congress. But when Peters sensed other delegates in Philadelphia “meant to have a serious rebellion,” he refused. From then on, he would face suspicious Patriots, threats of execution, and even pressure from his own father to become “a friend to America.”