throughout most of the war the second continental congress accepted the responsibility of acting a a national government.
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which of the following served as the first national government of the U.S?
The Second Continental Congress adopted the U.S. Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It met from May 1775 to March 1781 and served as the de facto national government of the American colonies during the Revolutionary War.
The Necessary and Proper Clause of the United States Constitution is where the implied powers of the national government are inferred from. It states that Congress has the authority to make all necessary and proper laws to carry out its powers, and has served as a basis for many national programs and policies.
There have never any governments in which only one person can serve. One person cannot possibly run a whole government by him/herself. During the 244-year period of the Roman monarchy the government was headed by a king who had government officials who served as his subordinates. During the 482-year period of the Roman republic the consuls were the two annually elected heads of the republic and there were four other types of elected officers of state, who also served in the government (the censors, the praetors, the aediles and the quaestors). During the 503-year period of rule by emperors the emperors were absolute rulers and appointed the officials who served in their governemnts
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