USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where did the First and Second Continental Congresses meet?
A
Philadelphia
B
New York City
C
Washington DC
D
Boston
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The First and Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates chosen from the thirteen colonies that first convened in 1774 and again in 1775 in Philadelphia.

Detailed explanation-2: -The First Continental Congress met at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the fall of 1774. When the Delegates reconvened in May 1775, however, they met in Pennsylvania’s state house. By late 1776, as the British neared Philadelphia, Congress relocated 100 miles south to Baltimore, Maryland.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Second Continental Congress met inside Independence Hall beginning in May 1775.

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