Financial Burdens
'Paying for the war was a difficult task. Congress had limited resources. With no power to tax, Congress had to plead with the states for money. However, the states had little money themselves.
To pay and supply troop, Congress printed continentals, paper money. But the more money Congress printed, the less the money was worth. By the end of the war, paper money had lost almost all its value. Something worthless was said to be "not worth a continental."'
The governing body that led the colonies during the Revolution was the Continental Congress. It met several times to try to fund the Revolution and for several other reason.
The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution.
1775The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met beginning on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met briefly during 1774, also in Philadelphia.
It was the men of the Continental Congress, which included George Washington, John Adams, Patrick Henry, and many others. George Washington was the military leader during the war, but overall the Continental Congress held the power.
The Second Continental Congress was it's name.
Second Continental Congress
The governing body that led the colonies during the Revolution was the Continental Congress. It met several times to try to fund the Revolution and for several other reason.
Women did not serve as delegates to the continental congress during the American revolution.
The Navy during colonial times was called the Continental Navy. The Continental Congress funded a single fleet of the Continental Navy in 1775.
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The Continental Congress.
The last Continental Congress was held at Philadelphiaâ??s State House. During this meeting, Congress unanimously passed the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Second Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Benjamen Franklin was the one en charge of post office during the second continental congress:)
It was at the Second Continental Congress that the Declaration of Independence was adopted. The convention took place during the American Revolutionary War.