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The Continental Congress. New York: Norton. Fremont-Barnes, Gregory, and Richard A. Ryerson, eds. The Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War: A Political, Social, and Military History (5 vol., 2006). One thousand entries by 150 experts, covering all topics; Grossman, Mark. Encyclopedia of the Continental Congress (two volumes, 2015).
On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, voted unanimously to declare independence as the "United States of America". Two days later, on July 4, Congress signed the Declaration of Independence. The Second Continental Congress was not initially formed to declare independence.
The Continental Congress returned to Philadelphia after the threat to it by British forces ended. [25] [26] June 4, 1777 New Connecticut was renamed Vermont. [34] [32] Disputes: September 27, 1777 The Continental Congress fled Philadelphia after the American defeat at the Battle of Brandywine, and briefly met in Lancaster, Pennsylvania [25] [26]
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates of 12 of the Thirteen Colonies held from September 5 to October 26, 1774, ...
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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 ...
The Continental Congress’ productive visit to York in 1777 to 1778 prompted residents to primarily view York as a Revolutionary War town for centuries. ... The Today Show. 25 pop culture moments ...
Congress Voting Independence, by Robert Edge Pine, depicts the Second Continental Congress voting in 1776.. Although one can trace the history of the Congress of the United States to the First Continental Congress, which met in the autumn of 1774, [2] the true antecedent of the United States Congress was convened on May 10, 1775, with twelve colonies in attendance.