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First Continental Congress
 → Declaration and Resolves
 → Continental Association
 → First Petition to the King
Second Continental Congress
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 → Declaration of the Causes...
 → Declaration of Independence
 → Articles of Confederation
Confederation Congress
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Members
 → List of delegates
 → Presidents

The Continental Congress resulted from the American Revolution and was the de facto first national government of the United States. The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen British North American colonies that met on September 5 1774 in The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, also known as the "Declaration of Colonial Rights" the "Declaration of Rights" or the "Declaration The Continental Association, often known simply as the "Association" was a system created by the First Continental Congress in 1774 for implementing a trade boycott The Petition to the King was a Petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress. The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met beginning in May 10 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Olive Branch Petition, drafted on July 5, 1775, was a letter to King George III, from members of the Second Continental Congress, which The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms was a document prepared by the Second Continental Congress to explain to the world why the British colonies had The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4 1776 announcing that the thirteen American colonies then The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, also the Articles of Confederation was the governing Constitution of the alliance of thirteen independent and The Congress of the Confederation or the United States in Congress Assembled was the governing body of the United States of America from March 1, The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States North-West of the River Ohio, and also known as the Freedom The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American The President of the Continental Congress was the presiding officer of the Continental Congress, the convention of delegates that emerged as the first national government In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It was a provisional government without a legal basis and was completely dependent on the colonies for political direction, funding and other resources. A provisional government is an emergency or interim government set up when a political void has been created by the collapse of a previous administration or regime It comprised two successive bodies of representatives of provinces of the Thirteen Colonies in 18th century British North America. The Thirteen Colonies were part of what became known as British America, a name that was used by Great Britain until the Treaty of Paris (1783 recognized the British North America consisted of the colonies and territories of the British Empire in continental North America after the end of the American Revolutionary The colonies all became states in 1776 when they rejected colonial status:

Upon the ratification of the Articles, the Continental Congress was succeeded by the first legislative or de jure federal government of the United States:

Initially formed to coordinate a common American response to the Intolerable Acts, and assert the colonist's rights as Englishmen, the Continental Congress rapidly evolved from a de facto to a de jure governing body of a new nation as the dispute with the British government escalated into the American Revolutionary War. The Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts are names used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies The Rights of Englishmen is a term that refers to the rights granted English subjects in the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, and other The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800 In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" Once the Declaration of Independence was ratified (July 4, 1776) the Congress served as the governing body of the United States of America, organized as a new national legislature, which made war and peace. This article is about declarations of independence in general

Notable dates

First Congress
Second Congress

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