John Dickson
Im not 100% sure, but I think it was Thomas Paine
They accomplished the independence of the 13 colonies. The 13 colonies were no longer an established extension of the British Empire.
They accomplished the independence of the 13 colonies. The 13 colonies were no longer an established extension of the British Empire.
By writing and signing the Declaration of Independence, the 2nd Continental Congress declared the 13 colonies colonies no longer, but states in a country independent from England.
The congress created the Articles of Association on October 20, 1774, which was a formed a formal and united boycott of British goods. The congress also demanded that the Intolerable Acts should be repealed and if they were not then the Colonies would no longer export their goods to the British.
Im not 100% sure, but I think it was Thomas Paine
Im not 100% sure, but I think it was Thomas Paine
John Adams told the Second Continental Congress that the 13 Colonies did not owe loyalty to the British King.
They accomplished the independence of the 13 colonies. The 13 colonies were no longer an established extension of the British Empire.
They accomplished the independence of the 13 colonies. The 13 colonies were no longer an established extension of the British Empire.
By writing and signing the Declaration of Independence, the 2nd Continental Congress declared the 13 colonies colonies no longer, but states in a country independent from England.
The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire.
The congress created the Articles of Association on October 20, 1774, which was a formed a formal and united boycott of British goods. The congress also demanded that the Intolerable Acts should be repealed and if they were not then the Colonies would no longer export their goods to the British.
The First Congress started a boycott of British goods and a Second Continental Congress. The Second Continental Congress created the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.
Richard Henry Lee suggest that the colonies become independent because Lee said that the colonies no longer owed the king. Lee proposed a resolution at the Continental Congress that "We are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states," as part of John Adams' political maneuvering. Adams felt the resolution would gain more support if presented by a southerner.
The Declaration of Independence separated the United States from Great Britain. This meant that the elected governments of the states were the only legitimate ones, and that the Continental Congress was the legal government of the colonies as a whole.
The First Continental Congress sought reconciliation between the Crown and the colonies. The Second Continental Congress eventually declared the independence of the colonies. The Second Congress also sat for very much longer than the First, in part because it was needed to prosecute the war of Independence. This fact also explains why the First Continental Congress did not continue to meet. They met for two months and did what they had come to do -- agree on a response to Britain's "Intolerable Acts" (the bills Parliament passed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, and warn others against similar acts). The First Congress wrote several letters to the King, the British, the colonies (including Quebec), pleading for support and the repeal of the Acts. They ALSO agreed on a phased-in boycott. And finally, they called for another meeting in the spring (the Second Congress) if matters were not resolved by these steps. You might compare the "Stamp Act Congress" of 1765 after which, along with boycotting, the colonists succeeded in convincing Parliament to rescind the Stamp Act. They hoped for something similar in the First Congress and the beginning of the Second.