If you have several close relatives on the same side of the family who have had bowel cancer or womb cancer you may be at increased risk of womb cancer. Lynch syndrome is an inherited faulty gene linked with an increased risk of some cancers, including bowel cancer and womb cancer.
â Presidents. The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met beginning in May 10, 1775, soon after shooting in the American Revolutionary War had begun. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met briefly during 1774. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved slowly towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
Second Continental Congress (1775-1781). The Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia's Independence Hall on May 10, 1775, after the Battles of Concord and Lexington had been fought.Although there was still great sentiment among the delegates to seek reconciliation with Great Britain, the movement towards independence could not be reversed.he Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia's Independence Hall on May 10, 1775. Like the First Continental Congress, delegates from each colony except Georgia initially attended the Second Continental Congress.