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Chronicles the annals before the First Continental Congress to the final adjournment of the next Continental Congress in 1789. Discusses the seminal work of the Continental Congress, like the Declaration of Self-reliance and Articles of Confederation. The American Trend is replete with seminal moments that every American learns in school, from the "shot read round the world" to the Declaration of Self-reliance, but in many ways the testimonies of the First and Second Continental Congress have been obscured by other events in revolutionary background. In the summertime of 1774, patriot communities across the 13 colonies communicated with one another and caused the first council that would unite most of them. That September, 56 delegates who had been chosen by their colonial legislatures to attend the First Continental Congress found in Philadelphia to craft a united response to the Intolerable Serves, controversy the merits of any boycott of United kingdom trade, declare their protection under the law, and demand redress. The First Continental Congress eventually petitioned the United kingdom government to get rid of the Intolerable Serves while also identifying to convene again the next summer. As it turned out, the Trend would be underway before the Second Continental Congress could convene, and this body would eventually oversee an eight-year war effort. THE NEXT Continental Congress was the first North american test out a authorities, and it discovered important lessons and arranged several precedents, including civilian control of the armed forces, financing a war effort, negotiating diplomatically with Western european powers like France, adopting the Declaration of Self-reliance, and creating and putting into action the Articles of Confederation. By enough time the Continental Congress provided way to the Congress of the Confederation (which itself provided way to the Constitution), america had gone full circle. Once a confederation of specific states that designed themselves and controlled as different countries, america was now one truly united country, ready to confront the heavy process of regulating democratically without the assistance of a hereditary monarch. American Legends: The Continental Congress chronicles the annals that led up to the forming of the First and Second Continental Congress, analyzes what each Continental Congress achieved while assembly, and analyzes their legacy. Become familiar with about the Continental Congress like you never have before, in no time at all.
