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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.
		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.
		With the adoption of the United States Constitution in 1789, the Congress of the Confederation was succeeded by the present U.S. Congress.
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	Continental Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Continental Congress was the federal legislature of the Thirteen Colonies and later of the United States from 1774 to 1789, a period that included the American Revolutionary War and the Articles of Confederation.
		The Stamp Act Congress, formed by colonials to respond to the unpopular Stamp Act taxes, was the direct precursor of the Continental Congress, which was itself formed largely in response to the so-called Intolerable Acts.
		The First Continental Congress was planned through the permanent committees of correspondence, which kept the local colonial governments in communication with one another as their common opposition to Britain grew.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Continental_Congress (560 words)

	United States Congress article - United States Congress legislative branch United States federal government Article - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the United States federal government.
		The first Congress under the current Constitution started its term in Federal Hall in New York City on March 4, 1789 and their first action was to declare that the new Constitution of the United States was in effect.
		The powers originally delegated to the Congress by the original version of the Constitution were supplemented by the post-Civil War amendments to the Constitution (Amendments 13, 14, and 15, each of which authorizes the Congress to enforce its provisions by appropriate legislation), and by the 16th Amendment, which authorizes an income tax.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/United_States_Congress (2991 words)

	Learn more about United States Congress in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the United States government.
		The United States Congress is bicameral, that is, having two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
		The first Congress under the current Constitution started its term in New York City on March 4, 1789 and their first action was to declare that the new Constitution of the United States was in effect.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /u/un/united_states_congress_1.html (2504 words)

	Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Congress is the name of the main legislative body in a state that operates under a congressional system of government.
		A congress is different from a parliament (Westminster System of Government) in that legislative initiative is vested into it.
		The office as Head of State (president) and Head of Government (prime minister) are typically merged, and the members of cabinet are only rarely taken from the congress.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Congress (307 words)

	History of United States continental expansion
		The United States began as a confederation of thirteen former British colonies on the eastern seaboard of the Atlantic Ocean, with relatively little international influence.
		The Louisiana Purchase, the 1803 transaction of the gigantic western Louisiana Territory from France (Napoleon Bonaparte) to the United States (Thomas Jefferson), is often considered the first major event in American expansion, although it is rarely cited as an act of imperialism.
		The Texas Annexation of 1845 was the voluntary annexation of Republic of Texas by the United States of America as Texas, the 28th state, and additional land that later became major parts of the states of New Mexico and Colorado, where the headwaters of the Rio Grande exist in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_united_states_continental_expansion.html (787 words)

	The Association of the Bar of the City of New York - Library
		Considered to be one of the most significant achievements of the Congress of the Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 put the world on notice that not only that the land north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi would be settled but that it would eventually become part of the United States.
		Included are the Declaration of Independence, and the treaties of alliance and commerce enacted by the Continental Congress and the governments of France, Sweden and the Netherlands between 1768 and 1783.
		United States The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America; The Declaration of Independence; The Articles of Confederation Between the Said States; The Treaties Between His Most Christian Majesty and The United States of America.
	www.nycbar.org /Library/RareBooks.htm (1506 words)

	CITES BY TOPIC: United States
		The term "people," therefore, in that State, means, first, all the citizens of the State in the aggregate (i.e., the members of the body politic), and secondly, the body politic itself; and while in the former sense it is plural, in the latter sense it is singular.
		The original difference between "United States" and "Union" was that, while the former was concrete, the latter was abstract; and hence it is that the latter cannot be substituted for the former when used in its original sense.
		United States — means by default, all places and waters, continental or insular, subject to the sovereign jurisdiction of the United States under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution of the United States of America.
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	Inside the United States, 1865 to 1900
		Many in the former Confederate states saw Northern "fanatics" as responsible for the mess that their society was in, and agents of the Freedmen's Bureau were assaulted, shot at, and in a few instances killed.
		The stated purpose of the military occupation was to protect persons and property, to create a new electorate based on male suffrage and to supervise the election of conventions to draft new state constitutions.
		Congress had passed legislation to protect the civil rights of fls - the Civil Rights Act of 1875 - but the legislation was ineffective and eventually, in 1883, to be declared unconstitutional.
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	Reese Catalogue 249 - Section VI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Huntington was an original signer of the Declaration of Independence and served as president of the Continental Congress and governor of Connecticut.
		In addition, Congress quickly passed a law reducing the number of Supreme Court justices to five, took away their Circuit Court duties, and reorganized the Circuit Courts with sixteen new justices, all of whom were nominated and confirmed just weeks prior to the inauguration.
		During the First Congress, when many individual acts and bills were routinely printed for public consumption, a provision was made to print a few copies of each law on large paper for dissemination to the states, and to have each copy signed by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson.
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	The Articles of Confederation
		Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence and every Power, Jurisdiction and right which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.
		All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the united states in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states...
		Every state shall abide by the determinations of the united states in congress assembled, on all questions which by this confederation are submitted to them.
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	Birth of the U.S. Navy
		The Birth of the Navy of the United States
		Continental Congress voted to fit out two sailing vessels, armed with ten carriage guns, as well as swivel guns, and manned by crews of eighty, and to send them out on a cruise of three months to intercept transports carrying munitions and stores to the British army in America.
		The Continental Congress had assumed some of the responsibilities of a central government for the colonies, created a Continental Army, issued paper money for the support of the troops, and formed a committee to negotiate with foreign countries.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq31-1.htm (975 words)

	Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 - To Form a More Perfect Union: ...
		Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
		The States have been in such a flutter about the New, that they have hardly paid attention to the old Government." On July 2, 1788, Congress received the momentous news that New Hampshire had just become the ninth state to ratify the new Constitution, making it the law of the land.
		Congress responded by appointing a committee to schedule the first federal elections and fix the date when the new government would begin operation in New York City.
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	Educational Resources - United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
		Educational Resources - United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
		How laws are enacted once they have been passed.
		A list of Early Congressional Documents from the Constitutional Convention and the Continental Congress.
	www.house.gov /house/Educate.shtml (124 words)

	Congress - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Congress is the name of the main legislative body in a state that operates under a congressional system of government.
		Head of State (president) and Head of Government (prime minister) are typically merged into one office, and cabinet members are only rarely taken from the congress.
		The Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the legislative branch of the Philippine government.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Congress (321 words)

	Parliamentos.com -- Congress
		In politics, Congress ("a gathering of people") is the name of the main legislative body in a state that operates under a congressional system of government.
		The Congress of the Republic of Peru (Spanish: Congreso de la República) is the unicameral legislature of Peru.
		The United States Congress is the legislature of the United States federal government.
	www.parliamentos.com /congress/index.html (456 words)

	Continental Congress & Constitutional Convention: Time Line, 1776-1789
		In May, the Second Continental Congress adopted a resolution authorizing the colonies to adopt new constitutions; the former colonial governments had dissolved with the outbreak of war.
		On June 14, Congress declared that the flag of the United States would consist of thirteen alternating red and white stripes, and a blue field with thirteen white stars.
		Congress decided to make New York City the temporary capital of the United States, until the location of a permanent federal city was decided upon.
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	Religion and the Congress of the Confederation, 1774-89 (Religion and the Founding of the American Republic, Library of ...
		Congress appointed chaplains for itself and the armed forces, sponsored the publication of a Bible, imposed Christian morality on the armed forces, and granted public lands to promote Christianity among the Indians.
		The first national government of the United States, was convinced that the "public prosperity" of a society depended on the vitality of its religion.
		Congress set December 18, 1777, as a day of thanksgiving on which the American people "may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor" and on which they might "join the penitent confession of their manifold sins.
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	Research Guide for United States Congress: Research Resources - Francis A. Drexel Library @ SJU
		This chronology of Congress begins with the 1st in 1789 and ends with 104th in 1996.
		West takes the United States Code (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html) based on the Statutes at Large (Public Laws) (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html) and adds annotations with references to court cases and regulations.
		This site is maintained by the Library of Congress for the purpose of providing current legislative information on the United States Congress to the American people.
	www.sju.edu /libraries/drexel/polisci/congress.htm (2051 words)

	University of Delaware:Benjamin Franklin: Statesman
		This is the treaty of amity and commerce concluded between the King of Sweden and the United States of North America.
		It includes the most important proceedings of the First Continental Congress, which was held between September 5 and October 26, 1774, and the Declaration of Rights, which was passed by the Congress on October 14, 1774, and asserted the colonists' rights as English subjects.
		The Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, was drafted in 1777 by the Continental Congress and established a "firm league of friendship" between the thirteen states.
	www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/exhibits/franklin/statesman.htm (1950 words)

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		This time it specifically called the attention of the tobacco colonies to the fact that the surface of the earth in tobacco warehouses and their yards was strongly impregnated with nitrate, and it requested them to erect saltpeter factories on the rivers near such warehouses.
		To further stimulate saltpeter production, the Continental Congress even printed and distributed a pamphlet on the methods of making saitpeter.34 In February 1776 it recommended that the colonial governments set up public works to manufacture saltpeter and erect powder mills.
		It stipulated that "the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." The thirteen stripes and stars represented the original colonies.
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	President Who Forgotten Founders by stan Klos
		It was prudent, therefore, to include photographs of the actual primary letters and documents that formed the foundation of the United States of America to prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that there were ten Presidents of the United States before George Washington under the Articles of Confederation.
		For instance, Elias Boudinot and Arthur St. Clair share several similar paragraphs on the Military Mutiny that held Congress hostage at Independence Hall as the former was President of the United States in Congress Assembled while the later the General who negotiated the release of all the U.S. Ministers, Secretaries, and Delegates.
		The Continental Congress accepted Maryland’s ratification, the final holdout state, on March 1, 1781 and thus adopted the Articles of Confederation as its 1st U.S. Constitution.
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	040 Definitions
		"United States" when used in a geographical sense, means the several States of the United States of America, including Alaska and Hawaii, and the District of Columbia.
		"Continental United States" means the several States of the United States of America, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, but including the District of Columbia.
		For purposes of Section 852 of these regulations, a United States citizen appointed under Section 303 and employed under Section 311 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, is considered a non-citizen employee.
	www.state.gov /m/a/als/1722.htm (908 words)

	CongressionalGoldMedal.com - Exclusive information on the congressional medal, medal histories, biographies, and more.
		This is because, it is not a Congressional medal at all; it is a military medal, given by the President in the name of the Congress.
		It was to honor civilian citizens of the United States and their allies for their exceptional service during World War II.
		Now it is used by individual Congress members to recognize the achievements of their constituents as they see fit.
	www.congressionalgoldmedal.com (662 words)

	Records for United States. Continental Congress. (in MARION) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Dane, [microform] : resolved, that the geographer of the United States, and the surveyors appointed pursuant to the ordinance of Congress, passed May 20, 1785, for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory...
		Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, that from and after the passing of this ordinance, the Indian department be divided into these districts, viz.
		An ordinance for the government of the Territory of the United States, North-west of the River Ohio.
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	First Continental Congress
		The Congress next adopted the Continental Association, or simply, the Association, which established a total boycott by means of non-importation, non-exportation and non-consumption accords.
		That meeting, the Second Continental Congress, was indeed called in May 1775 in the wake of the battles of Lexington and Concord.
		The First Continental Congress was regarded as a success by both the general public and the delegates.
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