american history by arika carmichael

By arikadc

  • First Continental Congress

    Was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

  • Second Continental Congress

    The Second Congress was a meeting of delegates who hoped to either declare independence from the British Crown.

  • Olive Branch Petition

    The Olive Branch Petition, drafted on July 5, 1775, was a letter to King George III, from members of the Second Continental Congress. the letter represented the last attempt to avoid a war of independence against Britain.

  • Prohibitory Act

    August 1775, this act was passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the general rebellion then going on in the American colonies, this became known as the American Revolutionary War.

  • declaration of independence

    The Declaration of Independence was the document adopted at the Second Continental Congress at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776.