MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Congress
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the White House
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jefferson is elected a delegate to Congress from Virginia.
Detailed explanation-2: -In November 1781, John Hanson became the first President of the United States in Congress Assembled, under the Articles of Confederation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Stamp Act Congress (October 7 – 25, 1765), also known as the Continental Congress of 1765, was a meeting held in New York, New York, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America.
Detailed explanation-4: -The First Continental Congress included Patrick Henry, George Washington, John and Samuel Adams, John Jay, and John Dickinson. Meeting in secret session, the body rejected a plan for reconciling British authority with colonial freedom.
Detailed explanation-5: -The first president of the Continental Congress was Virginia Delegate Peyton Randolph, who had previously served as speaker of the Virginia house of burgesses.