Continental Congress

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The Continental Congress was the governing assembly of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that coordinated their resistance to British rule and ultimately declared American independence.

All labels observed (6)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governing body ⓘ
legislative assembly ⓘ
revolutionary congress ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
United States (in formation) ⓘ
coordinateRole coordinated colonial resistance to British rule ⓘ
country Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
dissolved 1789 ⓘ
followedBy United States Congress ⓘ
hasMember Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
John Hancock ⓘ
John Jay ⓘ
Patrick Henry ⓘ
Richard Henry Lee ⓘ
Roger Sherman ⓘ
Samuel Adams ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
hasPart First Continental Congress ⓘ
Second Continental Congress ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolution ⓘ
inception 1774 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDocument Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Lee Resolution ⓘ
Olive Branch Petition ⓘ
legislatedBy delegates from the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
location Annapolis, Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Annapolis

Baltimore ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
Princeton, New Jersey ⓘ
Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ
York, Pennsylvania ⓘ
meetsIn Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia ⓘ
linked to: Carpenters' Hall

Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) ⓘ
linked to: Independence Hall
purpose conduct diplomacy for the colonies ⓘ
coordinate resistance to British policies ⓘ
declare independence from Great Britain ⓘ
organize war effort against Great Britain ⓘ
religion predominantly Protestant context ⓘ
replacedBy Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
significantEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Olive Branch Petition ⓘ
Treaty of Alliance with France (1778) ⓘ
adoption of the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
appointment of George Washington as commander-in-chief ⓘ
authorization of the Continental Army ⓘ
ratification of the Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
significantResolution Lee Resolution of June 7, 1776 ⓘ
linked to: Lee Resolution

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South Carolina Sons of Liberty → supported → Continental Congress ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben → employer → Continental Congress ⓘ
Thomas McKean → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
Esek Hopkins → appointedBy → Continental Congress ⓘ
John Hanson → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
United Colonies → legislativeBody → Continental Congress ⓘ
Henry Laurens → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
Silas Deane → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
Silas Deane → workedFor → Continental Congress ⓘ
Robert Morris → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
President of the Continental Congress → partOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
James McHenry → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
Philip Schuyler → appointedBy → Continental Congress ⓘ
Alexander Martin → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
Samuel Johnston → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
United States in Congress Assembled → precededBy → Continental Congress ⓘ
Richard Caswell → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
James Wilson → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
John Rutledge → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
Edward Carrington → allegiance → Continental Congress ⓘ
Elbridge Gerry → participatedIn → Continental Congress ⓘ
Gouverneur Morris → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
Edmund Randolph → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
Arthur St. Clair → employer → Continental Congress ⓘ
Newburgh Letters → associatedWithGovernmentBody → Continental Congress ⓘ
Continental Congress resolutions → publisher → Continental Congress ⓘ
Michael Hillegas → employer → Continental Congress ⓘ
Colony of Maryland → representativeBody → Continental Congress ⓘ
Walter Livingston → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
Alliance → builtFor → Continental Congress ⓘ
John Langdon → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
Samuel Nicholas → appointedBy → Continental Congress ⓘ
John Lewis Gervais → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
Samuel Osgood → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
court-martial of General Charles Lee → authority → Continental Congress ⓘ
Charles Lee → employer → Continental Congress ⓘ
Lafayette’s division → allegiance → Continental Congress ⓘ
John Lamb → allegiance → Continental Congress ⓘ
Oliver Wolcott Sr. → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ