USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On July 26, 1775, the U.S. postal system is established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general.

Detailed explanation-2: -In an act of independence from the British government, the Second Continental Congress organized a new postal service in July 1775. Benjamin Franklin was appointed as postmaster general.

Detailed explanation-3: -There were two main factions represented at the Congress: the conservatives-headed by John Jay of New York and John Dickinson of Pennsylvania-and the radicals, led by John Adams of Massachusetts and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Second Continental Congress was a late-18th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolutionary War. The Congress created a new country it first named the United Colonies and, in 1776, renamed the United States of America.

Detailed explanation-5: -They established a Continental army and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief, but the delegates also drafted the Olive Branch Petition and sent it to King George III in hopes of reaching a peaceful resolution. The king refused to hear the petition and declared the American colonies in revolt.