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First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of representitives from 12 of the 13 colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare, the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was we created by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, in a final attempt to avoid a full-on war between the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain. The petition stated American loyalty to Great Britain and tried to get the king to prevent further conflict. -
The Prohibitory Act
The Prohibitory Act of 1775 was passed as retaliation by Great Britain against the rebellion going on in the American colonies, which became the American Revolutionary War. It created a naval blockade and stopped all trade with American ports. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which declared that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as thirteen independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. They formed a new nation—the United States of America.
