THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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gold
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buttons
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money
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Premise. James Hiller, Henri LeFevbre, and Moses go to Boston to pick up Sarah Phillips from the Dartmouth.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Second Continental Congress met as agreed on May 5, 1775. This was after the battles at Lexington and Concord on April 19th. Sam Adams, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, and George Washington were some of the delegates.
Detailed explanation-3: -In May 1775, with Redcoats once again storming Boston, the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia. The questions were different this time. First and foremost, how would the colonist meet the military threat of the British. It was agreed that a Continental Army would be created.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Second Congress functioned as a de facto national government at the outset of the Revolutionary War by raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and writing petitions such as the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms and the Olive Branch Petition.