Research topic: Continental Congress

Continental Congress 1774-89, federal legislature of the Thirteen Colonies and later of the United States in the American Revolution and under the Articles of Confederation (see Confederation, Articles of ). First Continental Congress Indignation against England's colonial policy reached fever pitch in the colonies after the passage (1774) of the Intolerable Acts , and the Sons of Liberty and the committees of correspondence promoted the idea of an intercolonial assembly similar to the one held (1765) at the time of the Stamp Act . The First Continental Congress (Sept. 5-Oct.... Read more