USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which city does the Second Continental Congress meet?
A
Boston
B
New York
C
Philadelphia
D
Charleston
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As promised, Congress reconvened at Independence Hall in Philadelphia as the Second Continental Congress on May 10, 1775–and by then the American Revolution had already begun.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Second Continental Congress met inside Independence Hall beginning in May 1775.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Continental Congress met at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the fall of 1774.

Detailed explanation-4: -After violence broke out between Britain and its American colonies in 1775, delegates from the thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia to plot the course of war-and soon, independence.

Detailed explanation-5: -It convened in Philadelphia, then the federal capital, on May 10, 1775, with representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies. This came shortly after the Battles of Lexington and Concord and was in succession to the First Continental Congress which met from September 5 to October 26, 1774.

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