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The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates from several British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution era, who spoke and acted collectively for the people of the Thirteen Colonies that ultimately became the United States. The term mostly refers to the First Continental Congress of 1774 and the Second Continental Congress of 1775–1781. It also refers to the Congress of the Confederation of 1781–1789, which covers the period following the establishment of American independence with the end of the Revolutionary War. During this period, the Continental Congress served as the chief legislative and executive body of the U.S. government.

The unicameral Congress of the Confederation, officially styled "The United States in Congress Assembled," was composed of delegates elected by the legislature of the various states. The Confederation Congress was the immediate successor to the Second Continental Congress; and delegates to it were similarly chosen. Many of the delegates to the initial 1775 session of the Second Continental Congress had also attended the previous First Continental Congress. Altogether, The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress lists 343 men who served as delegates to the Continental Congress in three incarnations from 1774 to 1789; also listed are another 90 persons who were elected as delegates but never served.

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List of delegates to the Continental Congress

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The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates from several British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution era, who...

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First Continental Congress

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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates of 12 of the Thirteen Colonies held from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall...

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Second Continental Congress

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The Second Continental Congress was the late-18th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution...

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Continental Congress

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The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain in North America...

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Congress of the Confederation

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1781, the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union were signed by delegates of Maryland at a meeting of the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia...

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President of the Continental Congress

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as president of the Congress of the Confederation, was the presiding officer of the Continental Congress, the convention of delegates that assembled in...

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Journals of the Continental Congress

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Congresses List of delegates to the Continental and Confederation congresses Syng inkstand Founding Fathers of the United States Bibliography of the American...

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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress

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The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (also known as the Declaration of Colonial Rights, or the Declaration of Rights) was a...

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Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence

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later to become known as Independence Hall. The 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress represented the 13 colonies, 12 of which voted to approve...

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Stamp Act Congress

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1765. The Congress consisted of delegates from nine British colonies in continental North America. All of the attending delegations were from the Thirteen...

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Continental Army

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the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia after the war's outbreak. The Continental Army was created to coordinate military efforts of...

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Articles of Confederation

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Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government. It was debated by the Second Continental Congress at Independence Hall in Philadelphia...

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Albany Congress

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setting up the Stamp Act Congress in 1765, as well as the First Continental Congress in 1774, which were preludes to the American Revolution. The Albany Congress...

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Continental Association

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American colonies adopted by the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia on October 20, 1774. It was a result of the escalating American Revolution...

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Signing of the United States Constitution

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The other was written by George Washington, on behalf of the delegates, to the President of the Continental Congress, Arthur St. Clair, regarding the...

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Founding Fathers of the United States

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Second Continental Congress, while four-fifths of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention had served in the Congress either during or prior to the convention...

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United Colonies

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The United Colonies was the name used by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia to describe the proto-state comprising the Thirteen Colonies...

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Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence

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after the Congress voted to approve the Declaration of Independence. Fifty-six delegates to the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence...

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Continental Marines

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United States) during the American Revolutionary War. The Corps was formed by the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775 and was disbanded in 1783. Their...

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Massachusetts Provincial Congress

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chosen to remain as the delegates to the Continental Congress and were to attend its next session in May. In the absence of the President of the Congress (then...

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John Dickinson

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a member of the First Continental Congress, where he signed the Continental Association, Dickinson drafted most of the 1774 Petition to the King, and...

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