basically the same
they were poor
i think they are the same?
Other colonies have money.
Other colonies have money.
second continental congress
the First Continental Congress. the First Continental Congress. the First Continental Congress. the First Continental Congress.
Congress is part of the Federal government. State representatives are part of a state government.
Government refers to all three branches of government, the executive (President and cabinet), the Judicial (the Courts), and legislative (Congress) Congress refers to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, which together, form one branch of government
backed by real wealth
The United States was loosely governed by the Continental Congress during this period, but individual states had more power than the national government. After 1781, the Congress of the Confederation took over, which was itself replaced by the United States Congress in 1789.
americans who remained loyal to Britain were called what
The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in the spring of 1775. Hostilities between England and the colonies had already broken out--Bunker Hill, Ticonderoga, and Arnold's failed attempt to invade Canada. The Congress acted as the government for the colonies when it became obvious that war would result between England and the colonies. They appointed Washington as commander of the Continental Army and approved the writing of the Declaration of Independence.