the second continental congress first met on october 21, 1774.
the second continental congress first met on october 21, 1774.
when did the second continental congress first meet?
october 21, 1774
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from may 10, 1775, to 1783, the pennsylvania state house served as the principal meeting place of the second continental congress, a body of representatives from each of the thirteen british north american colonies.









































on june 14, 1775, delegates of the continental congress nominated george washington as commander-in-chief of the continental army in the assembly room of the pennsylvania state house. the congress appointed benjamin franklin to be the first postmaster general of what would later become the united states post office department on july 26.
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the congress of the confederation, or the confederation congress, formally referred to as the united states in congress assembled, was the governing body of the united states of america that existed from march 1, 1781, to march 4, 1789. a unicameral body with legislative and executive function, it was composed of delegates appointed by the legislatures of the several states. each state delegation had one vote. it was preceded by the second continental congress (1775–1781) and was created by the articles of confederation and perpetual union in 1781. the congress continued to refer itself as the continental congress throughout its eight-year history, although modern historians separate it from the earlier bodies, which operated under slightly different rules and procedures until the later part of american revolutionary war. the membership of the second continental congress automatically carried over to the congress of the confederation when the latter was created by the ratification of the articles of confederation. it had the same secretary as the second continental congress, namely charles thomson. the congress of the confederation was succeeded by the congress of the united states as provided for in the new constitution of the united states, proposed september 17, 1787, in philadelphia and ratified by the states through 1787 to 1788 and even into 1789 and 1790.
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