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	Second Continental Congress
		The Second Continental Congress was presided over by John Hancock, who replaced the ailing Peyton Randolph, and included some of the same delegates as the first, but with such notable additions as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
		In late May, the Congress addressed the residents of Canada, hoping to ignite the passions of the French and have the province join America as the 14th state.
		Further confusion was added to the deliberations of Congress by recurring military threats; the approach of British armies forced several changes of meeting location during the course of the war.
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	Continental Congress - MSN Encarta
		The First Continental Congress convened in Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, on September 5, 1774, to consider and act on the situation arising from the so-called Intolerable Acts, passed by the British Parliament in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party.
		The First Continental Congress issued a petition to George III, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, called the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, and invited the people of Canada to join in an appeal to the king to help restore harmony between Britain and the colonies.
		When the Second Continental Congress convened on the appointed date, the battles of Lexington and Concord had recently taken place in Massachusetts, and militiamen were besieging the British occupying force within Boston.
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	Continental Congress - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		CONTINENTAL CONGRESS [Continental Congress] 1774-89, federal legislature of the Thirteen Colonies and later of the United States in the American Revolution and under the Articles of Confederation (see Confederation, Articles of).
		Indignation against England's colonial policy reached fever pitch in the colonies after the passage (1774) of the Intolerable Acts, and the Sons of Liberty and the committees of correspondence promoted the idea of an intercolonial assembly similar to the one held (1765) at the time of the Stamp Act.
		A Continental army was created to oppose the British and, through the agency of John Adams, George Washington was appointed (June 15, 1775) commander in chief.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-continenc.html (737 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 First Continental Congress had sent entreaties to the British King to stop the Intolerable Acts and had created the Articles of Association to establish a coordinated protest of the Intolerable Acts; in particular, a boycott had been placed on British goods.
		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.
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	Second Continental Congress - Picture - MSN Encarta
		The Second Continental Congress, made up of about 50 delegates from the American colonies, convened on May 10, 1775, amid calls for a revolutionary war with Great Britain.
		On July 2, 1776, the Congress voted for national independence and on July 4 it adopted the Declaration of Independence.
		During this session the Congress also declared itself the supreme government of the colonies, commissioned George Washington to raise a continental army, issued paper money, and established local governments.
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	Politics
		This meeting of the Continental Congress, which they called their body of representatives, was a response to the unity which was spreading through the colonies.
		The Second Continental Congress continued to work until March 1, 1781 when it was replaced by a Congress authorized by the Articles.
		The Continental Congress served as a response and answer to the general Anti-British feelings that arose in the colonies.
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	What is the Second Continental Congress?
		The Congress having resolved themselves into a committee of the whole to take into consideration the state of the colonies, reported on the 26th of May, that war had been commenced by Great Britain; that they had no intention to cast off their allegiance to the crown; and that they anxiously desired peace.
		The supporters of the Congress throughout the land were so strong in character and intelligence, that, from the summer of 1775 until the end of the war, that body never lacked moral strength for the exercise of the functions of a nations government.
		At first the Continental Congress hesitated to approve the capture of the forts on Lake Champlain, but when timidity gave place to courage, they were anxious to maintain possession of them as a means for keeping the control of the Hudson Valley.
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	Decades History Timelines - Continental Congress activities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Congress passed a resolution written by Thomas Jefferson and John Dickinson, a "Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms," which rejected independence but asserted that Americans were ready to die rather than be enslaved.
		The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation in York, Pa. These instituted the perpetual union of the United States of America and served as a precursor to the U.S. Constitution.
		Congress decided to appoint a commission to negotiate terms for peace rather than entrust John Adams alone with the negotiations.
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	United States Ship Congress
		The first Congress was a galley built at the direction of Brigadier General Benedict Arnold at Skenesborough, New York, in 1776 for a fleet intended to impede British advance southward on Lake Champlain.
		The second Congress was a sailing frigate built by Lancaster Burling at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., under authority of an act of the Second Continental Congress, dates 13 December 1775.
		Congress was assigned to the squadron of Commodore J. Rodgers, patrolling the North Atlantic, from June to August 1812.
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	Second Continental Congress information - Search.com
		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.
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	FREEDOM IS BORN - First and Second Continental Congresses
		The Congress established regulations for trade relations, issued their own currency, sent representative emissaries to other countries to represent the interests of the Colonies, and for all practical purposes operated as a nation free and independent of the Crown.
		Congress had authorized a new flag for the 13 Colonies and, on New Years Day of 1776 General Washington's troops raised their new flag on the liberty pole at Prospect Hill near the General's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
		Since the delegates to the Second Continental Congress were meeting in Philadelphia, it was hard to miss the pamphlet issued on January 10th by local printer Robert Bell.
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	Continental Congress: Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words... (AmericanTreasures of the Library of Congress)
		There he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he was instrumental in drafting the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation to form a new union.
		Philadelphia, site of both Continental Congresses, was one of the most urban, advanced cities in America in the eighteenth century.
		Charles Thomson, secretary of the First Continental Congress, sent the petition of Congress to the British King, George III, with this cover letter to Benjamin Franklin, one of America's agents in London.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/treasures/franklin-congress.html (621 words)

	LIBERTY! . The Second Continental Congress \| PBS
		George Washington grew increasingly exasperated with the Continental Congress' inability to help him as he and the army were being chased from New York and through New Jersey in the fall of 1776.
		The Articles of Confederation were introduced in Congress in July of 1776 as a means to this end.
		Many in Congress, including John Adams, sniped at Washington, complaining that he was too inexperienced to lead the war effort after the disaster in New York.
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	Continental Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The purpose of the Continental Congress was to direct the Revolutionary War and preserve the union formed by the 13 American colonies.
		The first Continental Congress summoned a second congress to meet in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775 if the king didn't approve of their petition.
		The Continental Congress was the government for the United States during the American Revolution (1775-1783).
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	Straight Dope Staff Report: Who called the Continental Congress?
		The committees of correspondence arranged the Continental Congress.
		The idea that a congress of delegates from all colonies must soon assemble to define their rights, discuss common grievances, and seek means of redress speedily gained momentum during an exciting summer [of 1774].
		Nonetheless the First Continental Congress was an important step, laying the groundwork for the Revolutionary War and commencing the arduous task of cementing the farflung colonies into a nation, a process that many would argue did not conclude until the Civil War.
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	The First Continental Congress: A Dangerous Journey Begins
		Managing to be chosen temporary secretary of the Congress, he asked Thomas Lynch, a fervent revolutionary and prosperous planter from South Carolina, to nominate Charles Thomson as permanent secretary.
		A second committee comprising one delegate per colony was charged with specifying how acts of Parliament had seriously affected the colonial economy.
		Congress adopted the Resolves by a unanimous vote, at least according to the record.
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	The Second Continental Congress
		On May 10, 1775, the members of the Second Continental Congress met at the State House in Philadelphia.
		The Second Continental Congress meeting started with the battle of Lexington and Concord fresh in their memories.
		The Second Continental Congress established the militia as the Continental Army to represent the thirteen states.
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	Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence
		Peyton Randolph [2] of Virginia was chosen president of the Congress, and each of the 12 colonies had equal voting power.
		Probably the boldest act of the Congress was to set up the Continental Association (below), which bound the colonists not to trade with Great Britain or use British goods until British trade and taxation policies had been changed.
		Continental Association was an agreement adopted by the First Continental Congress of the American Colonies on Oct. 20, 1774.
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	HistoryWiz: The Second Continental Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Congress continued to cut the colonies' ties to Britain.
		On May 15, 1776, the Virginia Convention passed a resolution that "the delegates appointed to represent this colony in General Congress be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United Colonies free and independent states."
		Before Congress recessed, a Committee of Five, the Declaration Committee, was appointed to draft a statement presenting to the world the colonies' case for
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	SparkNotes: The Declaration of Independence (1776): Key Historical Figures
		A representative from each colony was sent to the Second Continental Congress in May of 1775 to debate the topic of independence.
		Thomas Jefferson is known as the author of the Declaration of Independence, although his draft was heavily edited by the delegates of the Second Continental Congress.
		The Second Continental Congress had the dual responsibility of coordinating the ongoing defensive war effort in the colonies and debating the question of independence.
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	Georgia joins the Continental Congress
		The First Continental Congress ended on November 9, 1774, passing articles that would strengthen the colonial impact on Mother England.
		On July 4, 1775 the state of Georgia held its second provincial congress, and it was significantly different than the first.
		On July 6, 1775 the Second Provincial Congress accepted the provisions of the Continental Association.
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	american (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Second Continental Congress meeting started with the battle of Lexington and Concord fresh in their memories.
		The Second Continental Congress established the militia as the Continental Army to represent the thirteen states.
		The Continental Congress had been meeting since June, wrestling with the question of independence.
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	Our Documents - Home
		Acting under the instruction of the Virginia Convention, Richard Henry Lee on June 7, 1776, introduced a resolution in the Second Continental Congress proposing independence for the colonies.
		On June 11, 1776, the Congress appointed three concurrent committees in response to the Lee Resolution: one to draft a declaration of independence, a second to draw up a plan "for forming foreign alliances," and a third to "prepare and digest the form of a confederation."
		Because many members of the Congress believed action such as Lee proposed to be premature or wanted instructions from their colonies before voting, approval was deferred until July 2.
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	Congress
		The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774.
		On October 14, the Declaration and Resolves established the course of the congress, as a statement of principles common to all of the colonies.
		Congress voted to meet again the following year if these grievances were not attended to by England.
	www.ushistory.org /declaration/related/congress.htm (623 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: American History (1990): Chapter Two: The congress debates independence ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		While the alarms of Lexington and Concord were still re- sounding, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775.
		The Congress had barely organized before it was called upon to face the issue of open warfare.
		Yet in spite of the military involvement and the appointment of a commander in chief, the idea of complete separation from England was still repugnant to some members of the Congress and to a sizeable portion of the American people.
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