American History

  • The First Continental Congress

    Delegates from all 13 colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia to organize colonial resistance.
  • Second Continental congress

    Congress reconvened in Philadelphia as the Second Continental Congress.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition, written by John Dickinson, it expresses hope for reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain.
  • Prohibitory Act

    passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the general rebellion then going on in the American Colonies.
  • The Declaration On Independence

    Congress voted to declare Independence.