THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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CULPER’S HILL IN PHILADELPHIA
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THE STATEHOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA
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CARPENTER’S HALL IN PHILADELPHIA
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JUNIPER STREET IN PHILADELPHIA
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Detailed explanation-1: -Due to the extensive damage that resulted from British forces occupying the Pennsylvania state house, the Continental Congress convened at the University of Pennsylvania’s College Hall between July 2 and July 13, 1778.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Second Continental Congress met inside Independence Hall beginning in May 1775.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-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.