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The president of the United States in Congress Assembled, known unofficially as the president of the Continental Congress and later as president of the Congress of the Confederation, was the presiding officer of the Continental Congress, the convention of delegates that assembled in Philadelphia as the first transitional national government of the United States during the American Revolution.
Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, [1] best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed.
In January 1776, he joined Roger Sherman and Oliver Wolcott, which collectively represented the Connecticut Colony's delegation in the Second Continental Congress. He voted for and signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He served in the Congress in the years 1776, 1778–1781, and 1783. He suffered from an ...
The Continental Congress was a series of ... 1776, and the Declaration ... Congress President Cyrus Griffin informs Congress that New Hampshire has ratified the ...
1st Continental Congress 2nd Continental Congress Confederation Congress Gunning Bedford Jr. 1783–1785 John Dickinson [a] 1779: Philemon Dickinson: 1782–1783 Dyre Kearney: 1787–1788 Eleazer McComb: 1783–1784 Thomas McKean: 1774: 1775–1776; 1778–1781: 1781–1782 Nathaniel Mitchell: 1787–1788 John Patten: 1786 William Peery: 1786 ...
Hanson was a businessman from Maryland who was chosen by his peers in the first Continental Congress to lead the country in its infancy. He served from November 3, 1781 to November 5, 1782.
The Second Continental Congress (1775–1781) was the meetings of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War, which established American independence from the British Empire.
The British captured Henry Laurens in route to Holland on a diplomatic mission and confined the former Continental Congress president to the Tower of London for 15 months. The British killed his ...