The ANCsâ main job is to be their neighborhoodâs official voice in advising the District government (and Federal agencies) on things that affect their neighborhoods. Although they are not required to follow the ANCsâ advice, District agencies are required to give the ANCsâ recommendations âgreat weight.â
The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies which became the governing body of the United States (USA) during the American Revolution.The Congress met from 1774 to 1789 in three incarnations.The first call for a convention was made over issues of the blockade and the Intolerable Acts penalizing the Province of Massachusetts, which in 1774 enabled Benjamin Franklin to convince the colonies to form a representative body.he Second Continental Congress convened on May 10, 1775, at Philadelphia's State House, unanimously passing the Declaration of Independence the following year on July 2, 1776, and publicly announcing the decision two days later.
The Path to the American Revolution ~~~~~ The First Continental Congress. ~~~~~. September 5, 1774 to October 26, 1774 Boston, Massachusetts ~~~~~. On September 5, 1774, every colony but Georgia sent representatives to what is now called the First Continental Congress.They met in secret because they did not want the British to know that the colonies were uniting. At first there were 44 delegates who met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia.ohn Adams thought the First Continental Congress was like a school for American leaders. George Washington, Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry were all part of this Congress. Benjamin Franklin was in England and presenting the colonists' demands in person to the British Parliament.