Jeannette Rankin, Montana (R), during her first term in the House of Representatives (1917 - 1919)
Only Congress can declare war. Presidents can ask Congress to declare war . The presidents who made such a request and had it granted were James Madison (against Great Britain), James Polk (against Mexico), William McKinley(against Spain), Woodrow Wilson (against Germany and allies) and Franklin Roosevelt (against Japan and allies)
Well, there was many roles that Hancock played concerningnthe declaration of independance. He was the first to sign and fought against Great Britain with the rest of the Continental Congress to ratify the constitution and declaration. He beleived that citizens were not given enough rights as indivisuals and was therefore elected president of the congress.
The Declaration of Independence.
The First Continental Congress
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The First Continental Congress had nothing to do with the Declaration of Independence.
Only Congress can declare war. Presidents can ask Congress to declare war . The presidents who made such a request and had it granted were James Madison (against Great Britain), James Polk (against Mexico), William McKinley(against Spain), Woodrow Wilson (against Germany and allies) and Franklin Roosevelt (against Japan and allies)
The First Continental Congress drew up a statement known as the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, also known as the Declaration of Colonial Rights, or the Declaration of Rights in 1774. It was similar to the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, but that document was drafted by a different group earlier, in 1765.
They didn’t send the Declaration of Rights. That was done a century before them. They Did send the king the Declaration of Independence listing the wrongs against the colonies they felt he had committed.
Intolerable Acts by the British led colonial leaders to form the first continental congress and draw up a declaration of colonial rights in 1774. The congress was held as a means of protest against the British.
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Well, there was many roles that Hancock played concerningnthe declaration of independance. He was the first to sign and fought against Great Britain with the rest of the Continental Congress to ratify the constitution and declaration. He beleived that citizens were not given enough rights as indivisuals and was therefore elected president of the congress.
The drafting of the declaration of independence did
John Hancock
The Declaration of Independence.
The outcome of the First Continental Congress was a declaration that would state the rights of the colonists and halt the trade with Britain.
The First Continental Congress originally called for peace. When peace was not possible a declaration of war was issued and a declaration of independence.