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During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress had no direct taxing power. Money for the war had to collected from the governments of the 13 individual colonies.
Obviously,they need money because after the war houses and resources were mostly whipped out.
Organize colonies for war
to fight the revolutionary war, congress had borrowed large sums of money. with the war over, it was now time to pay back the loans. yet the confederation congress did not have the money to do so. congress also found that it did not have the power to deal on an equal basis with other nations.Lol
the continental congress
to fight the revolutionary war, congress had borrowed large sums of money. with the war over, it was now time to pay back the loans. yet the confederation congress did not have the money to do so. congress also found that it did not have the power to deal on an equal basis with other nations.Lol
Alexander Hamilton was the cabinet member who convinced congress to pay revolutionary war debts in full.
they got little from states because they had borrowed from the revolutionary war so they were in debt and the soldier's were mad!
No, our current Congress was seated in 1789, 13 years after our Declaration of Independence and years after the Revolutionary War.
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manage the revolutionary war
The Second Continental Congress occured immediatly after the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. The Congress met to discuss the war against Great Britain.