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	President of the Continental Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The President of the Continental Congress was the presiding officer of the Continental Congress.
		The office of President of the Continental Congress is probably most analogous to the modern-day Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
		The President of the United States is the head of the executive branch of government, while the President of the Continental Congress was merely the chair of a body that most resembled a legislature, although it possessed legislative, executive, and judicial powers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_the_Continental_Congress (688 words)

	John Hanson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Because he was the first man to serve a full term as President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation in 1781 and 1782, he has been called the first President of the United States; though this claim is inaccurate.
		Congress had little authority beyond those powers, which had been specifically delegated to it by the states, and its weakness during this period led directly to a decline in influence and the 1787 Constitution, with a more robust federal model.
		Nevertheless, officially Hanson was the third presiding officer of the Congress of the United States, and he considered himself a successor to the first two men to hold the office, Samuel Huntington and Thomas McKean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Hanson (1058 words)

	Second Continental Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Second Continental Congress was a body of representatives appointed by the legislatures of several British North American colonies which met from May 10, 1775 to March 1, 1781.
		The Continental Congress was forced to flee Philadelphia at the end of September 1777 as British troops occupied the erstwhile capital of the United States.
		On November 17, 1777, the Continental Congress passed the Articles of Confederation, uniting the colonies in a formal alliance akin to the Delian League or the United Nations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Second_Continental_Congress (672 words)

	Elias Boudinot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1781 Elias returned to the Congress, and this term lasted through 1783.He was elected the President of the Continental Congress for the November 1782 to November 1783 term.
		The basis for the claim in his name is that the Treaty of Paris, in which Britain recognized American independence, was concluded during his term as president of the Congress.
		When the Continental Congress was forced to leave Philadelphia in 1783 while he was its president, he moved the meetings to Princeton where they met in the University's Nassau Hall.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elias_Boudinot (1160 words)

	Info and facts on 'Continental Congress' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The First Continental Congress was planned through the permanent committees of correspondence (additional info and facts about committees of correspondence), which kept the local colonial governments in communication with one another as their common opposition to Britain grew.
		The primary accomplishment of the First Continental Congress was the drafting of the Articles of Association (additional info and facts about Articles of Association) on October 20.
		The Continental Army (The American army during the American Revolution) was created on June 15 to oppose the British, and General George Washington (1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)) was appointed commander in chief (The officer who holds the supreme command).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/continental_congress.htm (648 words)

	Articles of Confederation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Congress began the signing process by examining their copy of the Articles on June 27, 1778.
		Congress had debated the Articles for over a year and a half, and the ratification process had taken nearly three and a half years.
		The "president" under the Articles was the presiding officer of Congress, not the chief executive, as is the President of the United States under the Constitution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Articles_of_Confederation (1339 words)

	John Hancock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On May 24, 1775, he was elected the third President of the Continental Congress, succeeding Henry Middleton.
		In the first month of his presidency, on June 19, 1775, Hancock commissioned George Washington commander-in-chief of the Army of the United Colonies.
		He was the seventh President of the United States in Congress assembled, from November 23, 1785 to June 6, 1786.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Hancock (1190 words)

	US History:New Nation - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
		This officer was known as the "President of the Continental Congress", and later as the "President of the United States, in Congress Assembled".
		As President of the Continental Congress during two widely spaced terms—the first from May 24 1775 to October 30 1777 and the second from November 23 1785 to June 5, 1786—Hancock was the presiding officer when the members approved the Declaration of Independence.
		At the Stamp Act Congress he proposed the voting procedure that Congress adopted: that each colony, regardless of size or population, have one vote—the practice adopted by the Continental Congress and the Congress of the Confederation, and the principle of state equality manifest in the composition of the Senate.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/US_History:New_Nation (4314 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/President of the Continental Congress
		The President of the Continental Congress was the presiding officer of the Continental Congress elected by the delegates to the congress.
		Though the United States was an independent country at the time the office was established, the early president of the congress was not yet America's full Head of State.
		Because of the title of "president" (at the time still quite unusual) many naturally draw a connection between the office of the Congressional President and the modern-day office of the President of the United States (see below).
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/President_of_the_Continental_Congress (777 words)

	Presidents of the United States
		The President of the United States in Congress Assembled on March 1, 1781 was Samuel Huntington of Connecticut who by virtue of the Articles' ratification became the 1st President of the United States in Congress Assembled.
		Presidents signed military commissions including George Washington’s commander-in-chief appointment, received foreign dignitaries, received, read, answered, and at their own discretion held or disseminated the official mail addressed to Congress and the President of the United States in Congress Assembled.
		President of the United States under the Constitution of 1787, was not the 1st President of the United States.
	uspresidency.com (2510 words)

	JOHNJAY
		Jay, John (1745-1829) Diplomat, President of the Continental Congress: Jay was admitted to the bar in 1768, and served as clerk of the New York-New Jersey Boundary Commission the next year.
		As a member of the Continental Congress and the New York Provincial Congress, he opposed the Declaration of Independence until after it was officially issued.
		Jay was president of the Continental Congress during one of its most difficult periods, with diplomatic crises, land disputes, and military difficulties.
	www.multied.com /Bio/revoltBIOS/JayJohn.html (285 words)

	Encyclopedia: President of the Continental Congress
		The Continental Congress is the label given to three successive bodies of representatives: The First Continental Congress met from September 5, 1774 to October 26, 1774.
		A declaration of independence is a proclamation of the independence of a newly formed or reformed independent state, usually from a part or the whole of the territory of another nation, or a document containing such a declaration.
		Once the signing took place in 1781, a President was needed to run the country. John Hanson was chosen unanimously by Congress (which included George Washington).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/President-of-the-Continental-Congress (588 words)

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		He was president of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and served as president of the Continental Congress from 24 May 1775 to 29 October 1777.
		With the exception of a term in the Confederate Congress, 1785-86, Hancock was Governor of Massachusetts until his death 8 October 1793.
		The second Hancock was one of the first 13 frigates of the Continental Navy authorized by resolution of the Continental Congress 13 December 1775.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/frigates/hancock.htm (543 words)

	Henry Laurens
		In 1776, he was made vice president of South Carolina under the new constitution and was elected delegate to the Continental Congress.
		Henry Laurens tenure as President was during one of most stormy periods in the Revolutionary War. He seemed to align himself against John Jay, Robert Morris and Silas Deane (conservatives) but kept his distance from the Adams-Lees Faction.
		President Henry Laurens was an enigma and thought by each camp to be partial to their respective faction.
	www.henrylaurens.com (3080 words)

	February 19, 2000
		During the fifteen years the Continental Congress and the Confederation Congress operated there was a duly elected president who was considered the chief executive officer and the head of state.
		John Hancock (1737-1793) of Massachusetts served as President of the Continental Congress from May 24, 1775 to October 30, 1777 and from November 23, 1785 to June 5, 1786.
		John Jay (1745-1829) of New York served as President of the Continental Congress from December 10, 1778 to September 27, 1779.
	www.geocities.com /barnette_geo/february_19__2000.html (742 words)

	Continental Congress Presidents - 1774 to 1789
		America's second president of the Continental Congress was one of the wealthiest planters in the South, the patriarch of the most powerful families anywhere in the nation.
		As President of the Continental Congress during two widely spaced terms — the first from May 24 1775 to October 30 1777 and the second from November 23, 1785 to June 5, 1786 — Hancock was the presiding officer when the members approved the Declaration of Independence.
		After he was chosen President of the Continental Congress in 1775, Hancock became known beyond the borders of Massachusetts, and, having served as colonel of the Massachusetts Governor's Guards he hoped to be named commander of the American forces — until John Adams nominated George Washington.
	www.russpickett.com /ushist/uscont.htm (4481 words)

	LAURENS, Henry (1724-1792) Guide to Research Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Papers (1775-1776) pertaining to Henry Laurens’s activities in the Provincial Congress of South Carolina include a journal of the Council of Safety of the Provincial Congress; receipts; military rosters and paybills; and correspondence of the Council of Safety and the Committee of Intelligence.
		The commission is signed by Henry Laurens as President of the Continental Congress and attested by Charles Thomson, Secretary, on January 8, 1777.
		Written by William Whipple, this is Henry Laurens’s resignation speech from the Presidency of the Continental Congress dated December 9, 1778.
	bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=L000121 (1725 words)

	Henry Middleton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry Middleton (1717 – June 13, 1784) of South Carolina was the second President of the Continental Congress, and thus the leader of what was to become the United States, from October 22, 1774 until Peyton Randolph was able to resume his duties briefly beginning on May 10, 1775.
		While a delegate to the Continental Congress, he resigned in order to prepare for the coming war.
		He was replaced by his son Arthur Middleton (1742-1787), who went on to sign the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Middleton (211 words)

	6.2.1. The First President
		However, the men who were elected to preside over the Continental Congress and later the Congress under the Articles of Confederation were also called "President of the United States." Of course, since the position was limited to presiding over Congress, it was a very different job from that of presidents under the Constitution.
		John Hancock held the title "President" of the Continental Congress in 1776 when the United States was created, so he could also be called the first president.
		However, there were several "Presidents" of Congress under the Articles of Confederation, including Cyrus Griffin of Virginia, who served from 1788-1789.
	home.comcast.net /~sharonday7/Presidents/AP060201.htm (381 words)

	USFlag.org: A website dedicated to the Flag of the United States of America - Declaration of Independence
		July 5 -- John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, dispatches the first of Dunlap's broadsides of the Declaration of Independence to the legislatures of New Jersey and Delaware.
		In anticipation of a vote for independence, the Continental Congress on June 11 appointed Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston as a committee to draft a declaration of independence.
		They are shown submitting their draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress, June 28, 1776 Edward Savage's engraving (86k), based on Robert Edge Pine's painting of the presentation of the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress, is considered one of the most realistic renditions of this historic event.
	www.usflag.org /declaration.html (1067 words)

	The Forgotten Presidents (The presidents before George Washington) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		America's second elected president was one of the wealthiest planters in the South, the patriarch of the most powerful families anywhere in the nation.
		As President of the Continental Congress during two widely spaced terms—the first from May 24 1775 to October 30 1777 and the second from November 23 1885 to June 5, 1786—Hancock was the presiding officer when the members approved the Declaration of Independence.
		The presidents before him were actually presidents of the Continental Congress which was designated by the Articles of Confederation.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/582763/posts (6075 words)

	Henry Middleton
		For that reason, among others, he was elected President of the Continental Congress on October 1774 when Peyton Randolph was forced to return to Virginia.
		In 1775 Middleton was elected President of the Provincial Congress of South Carolina and received the public thanks of that body, which at that time was considered a high honor.
		In 1775 Middleton was re-elected by the Provincial Congress of South Carolina as delegate to the Continental Congress.
	www.henrymiddleton.com (1958 words)

	Samuel Huntington
		Certainly never did congress show sincerer reluctance than when, from utter exhaustion of his strength, he was forced to ask either for a temporary, or a final retirement from the office.
		The resignation was accepted, and a hearty vote of thanks testified to the confidence which congress reposed in him as the chief executive of the nation, and their gratitude for his impartial and able administration.
		Treaties, for instance, were signed as President of the United States while resolutions of Congress were signed as President of Congress (for examples of both please visit uspresidency.com).
	www.thedeclarationofindependence.org /SamuelHuntington.net (5524 words)

	Creating a Contintental Army
		It was a long and difficult road from the Continental Congress's edict designating the militia around Boston as a Continental Army and creating such an army in fact.
		Browse Washington's General Orders and his letters to the Presidents of the Continental Congress by dates (of specific battles, for example), and the terms found in the documents to the right of the page.
		Continental Congress Resolve on the Principal Supplies of the Army, December 10, 1777
	memory.loc.gov /learn/features/timeline/amrev/contarmy/contarmy.html (399 words)

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