The Second Continental Congress voted to create a Continental Army shortly after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War in 1775. This decision was largely influenced by the need for a unified military force to combat British troops. George Washington was appointed as the commander-in-chief of this newly formed army. The vote reflected the growing sentiment among the colonies for organized resistance against British rule.
The Second Continental Congress
they voted on people i guess.
It voted in favor of a boycott of British trade, until the Intolerable Acts were repealed. These were laws punishing the colonies, with taxes and fines, in part as a response to the Boston Tea Party.-But the First Continental Congress also voted in favor of forming a second continental congress, to come after it, to organize the colonies to defend themselves against the British government, which was essentially the same sort of distant, umbrella power that the Federal government is in the United States, today.
the citizens elected fair officials to create laws
A direct result of the Intolerable Acts was a meeting of the First Continental Congress. The delegates voted to cut off colonial trade with Britain, unless they repealed the Intolerable Acts. They attempted to define the laws and ideals of the colonies, and voted to begin to train their citizens for the worst case scenario with Britain.
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to call for the formation of colonial militias.
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It was in May of 1775
The Second Continental Congress
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they were free and independent
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