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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Spaight memberOf Continental Congress
subject surface form: Richard Dobbs Spaight
John Houstoun memberOf Continental Congress
Daniel Carroll memberOf Continental Congress
Benjamin Harrison V memberOf Continental Congress
North Carolina Patriots supportedBy Continental Congress
Silas Talbot allegiance Continental Congress
Witherspoon family memberOf Continental Congress
subject surface form: John Witherspoon
Margaret Corbin supportedBy Continental Congress
John Lansing Jr. memberOf Continental Congress
Robert R. Livingston, drafter of the Declaration of Independence memberOf Continental Congress
subject surface form: Robert R. Livingston
Boxwood Hall associatedWith Continental Congress
Gold Selleck Silliman allegiance Continental Congress