Continental Congress

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The Continental Congress was the governing assembly of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that coordinated their resistance to British rule and ultimately declared American independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governing body
legislative assembly
revolutionary congress
appliesToJurisdiction Thirteen Colonies
United States of America
surface form: United States (in formation)
coordinateRole coordinated colonial resistance to British rule
country Thirteen Colonies
dissolved 1789
followedBy United States Congress
hasMember Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
James Madison
John Adams
John Hancock
John Jay
Patrick Henry
Richard Henry Lee
Roger Sherman
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
hasPart First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era
surface form: American Revolution
inception 1774
language English
legalDocument Articles of Confederation
American Declaration of Independence
surface form: Declaration of Independence

Lee Resolution
Olive Branch Petition
legislatedBy delegates from the Thirteen Colonies
location Annapolis
surface form: Annapolis, Maryland

Baltimore
New York City
Philadelphia
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey

Trenton, New Jersey
York, Pennsylvania
meetsIn Carpenters' Hall
surface form: Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia

Independence Hall
surface form: Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall)
purpose conduct diplomacy for the colonies
coordinate resistance to British policies
declare independence from Great Britain
organize war effort against Great Britain
religion predominantly Protestant context
replacedBy Congress of the Confederation
significantEvent American Revolutionary War
American Declaration of Independence
surface form: Declaration of Independence

Olive Branch Petition
Treaty of Alliance (1778)
surface form: Treaty of Alliance with France (1778)

adoption of the Articles of Confederation
appointment of George Washington as commander-in-chief
authorization of the Continental Army
ratification of the Treaty of Paris (1783)
significantResolution Lee Resolution
surface form: Lee Resolution of June 7, 1776

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revolutionary government of Connecticut ally Continental Congress
Elias Boudinot memberOf Continental Congress
Elias Boudinot participatedIn Continental Congress
Arthur Middleton memberOf Continental Congress
Emma Middleton (daughter) participatedIn Continental Congress
subject surface form: Arthur Middleton
Thomas Johnson Jr. memberOf Continental Congress
Thomas Mifflin memberOf Continental Congress
Ralph Izard appointedBy Continental Congress
Nathaniel Gorham memberOf Continental Congress
Nathaniel Gorham headOfGovernment Continental Congress
Cyrus Griffin memberOf Continental Congress
Cyrus Griffin headOfGovernment Continental Congress
Pennsylvania frontier governingAuthority Continental Congress
Enoch Poor allegiance Continental Congress
William Samuel Johnson memberOf Continental Congress
William Samuel Johnson participatedIn Continental Congress
Pennsylvania State House associatedWith Continental Congress
William Livingston memberOf Continental Congress
William Blount memberOf Continental Congress
William Lee Davidson allegiance Continental Congress
Gunning Bedford Sr. (indirectly via Bedford, Pennsylvania) memberOf Continental Congress
subject surface form: Gunning Bedford Sr.
Revolutionary War General Richard Montgomery appointedBy Continental Congress
subject surface form: Richard Montgomery
Thomas Conway affiliatedWith Continental Congress
Bank of North America charteredBy Continental Congress
Thomas Burke memberOf Continental Congress
George Ross memberOf Continental Congress
Novus ordo seclorum introducedBy Continental Congress
United States Founding Fathers associatedWith Continental Congress
Lewis Morris (signer of the Declaration of Independence) memberOf Continental Congress
subject surface form: Lewis Morris
Newburgh Conspiracy involves Continental Congress
Newburgh Conspiracy hasRelatedOrganization Continental Congress
Newburgh army cantonment associatedWith Continental Congress
Newburgh Address relatedTo Continental Congress
Thomas Nelson Jr. memberOf Continental Congress
Otho Holland Williams allegiance Continental Congress
Alexander Scammell allegiance Continental Congress
Benjamin Tallmadge allegiance Continental Congress
William Heath allegiance Continental Congress
William Heath appointedBy Continental Congress
Hillegas employer Continental Congress
subject surface form: Michael Hillegas
Treaty of Fort Pitt (1778) authorizedBy Continental Congress
Treaty of Fort Pitt (1778) relatedPeople Continental Congress
this entity surface form: Continental Congress Indian commissioners