Second Continental Congress

viernes, 25 de febrero de 2011

The Second Continental Congress was held out on Philadelphia the 10 of March f 1776. John Hancock from Massachusetts, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, and Benjamin Franklin from Pennsylvania asssist to this reunion as delagates. They did the second Continental Congress after the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The congress included 65 delagates in total. They decided very important things during this meeting. Some of these things were:

Separating from Britain
On May 15,1776 to put the Colonies in state defense
To organize the militia from the colonies better
They decided to form an army called "The American Continental Army"
On June 14,1776 to appoint George Washington as the commander- in-chief of the army (He was selected unanimously)
They discussed the possibility of printing paper money later on it was approved and been done later durig the year.

The Second Continental Congress was one of the most important meetings on the U.S History.