Continental Congress resolutions

Target entity: Continental Congress resolutions
Context triple: [Articles of War (Continental Army), authorityGrantedBy, Continental Congress resolutions]

• A. Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
  The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress was a 1774 document in which American colonial delegates asserted their rights, protested British policies, and called for economic measures like non-importation to pressure Parliament.
• B. Lee Resolution
  The Lee Resolution was the 1776 proposal in the Second Continental Congress that called for the American colonies’ independence from Great Britain and paved the way for the Declaration of Independence.
• C. Olive Branch Petition
  The Olive Branch Petition was a final conciliatory appeal sent by the American colonies to King George III in 1775, seeking to avoid full-scale war and reconcile differences before the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.
• D. Northwest Ordinance
  The Northwest Ordinance was a 1787 act of the U.S. Congress that established the process for governing and admitting new states from the Northwest Territory, setting important precedents for westward expansion and the prohibition of slavery in that region.
• E. Constitutional Convention
  The Constitutional Convention was the 1787 gathering of delegates in Philadelphia that drafted the United States Constitution, establishing the framework of the federal government.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Continental Congress resolutions
Target entity description: The Continental Congress resolutions were formal legislative acts issued by the revolutionary governing body of the American colonies, providing legal and organizational foundations for the Continental Army and other aspects of the War of Independence.

• A. Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
  The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress was a 1774 document in which American colonial delegates asserted their rights, protested British policies, and called for economic measures like non-importation to pressure Parliament.
• B. Lee Resolution
  The Lee Resolution was the 1776 proposal in the Second Continental Congress that called for the American colonies’ independence from Great Britain and paved the way for the Declaration of Independence.
• C. Olive Branch Petition
  The Olive Branch Petition was a final conciliatory appeal sent by the American colonies to King George III in 1775, seeking to avoid full-scale war and reconcile differences before the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.
• D. Northwest Ordinance
  The Northwest Ordinance was a 1787 act of the U.S. Congress that established the process for governing and admitting new states from the Northwest Territory, setting important precedents for westward expansion and the prohibition of slavery in that region.
• E. Constitutional Convention
  The Constitutional Convention was the 1787 gathering of delegates in Philadelphia that drafted the United States Constitution, establishing the framework of the federal government.
• F. None of above. chosen