MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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In charge of passing state laws.
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A group of delegates from the 13 colonies which became the governing body of the uS.
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A group of men from Pennsylvania who were in charge of governing.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Continental Congress was a group of delegates who worked together to act on behalf of the North American colonies in the 1770s. Beginning with the Sugar Act in 1764, the British Parliament passed a series of laws that were unpopular with many colonists in the North American colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Continental Congress served as the government of the 13 American colonies, and later the United States, from 1774 to 1789.
Detailed explanation-3: -All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. These were elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures, or by the committees of correspondence of the respective colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress, formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled, was the governing body of the United States from March 1, 1781 until March 3, 1789, during the Confederation period.
Detailed explanation-5: -What was the name of the convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies that became the acting national government for the duration of the Revolutionary War? Second Continental Congress.