EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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1st continental congress of 1774
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2nd continental congress of 1775
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constitutional convention of 1787
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America’s bicentennial of 1976
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It was engrossed on parchment and on August 2, 1776, delegates began signing it.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Why did delegates to the Second Continental Congress remain reluctant to break with Britain in 1775? The delegates worried that independence would destroy political stability. they wanted to show England that there was commitment to war outside New England.
Detailed explanation-4: -New members of the Second Congress included Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. John Hancock and John Jay were among those who served as president. The Congress “adopted” the New England military forces that had converged upon Boston and appointed Washington commander in chief of the American army on June 15, 1775.