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 First Continental Congress convened in Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 5 and October 26, 1774. Delegates from twelve of Britain’s thirteen American colonies met to discuss America’s future under growing British aggression.
Detailed explanation-2: -On September 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress in the United States met in Philadelphia to consider its reaction to the British government’s restraints on trade and representative government after the Boston Tea Party.
Detailed explanation-3: -Continental Congress, 1774–1781. The Continental Congress was the governing body by which the American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule during the first two years of the American Revolution.