Terms in this set (3) The First Continental Congress: met in response to the Intolerable Acts. The First Continental Congress was called to address grievances against the British government. The Second Continental Congress created the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.
Q. What was the first Committee of Correspondence?
The first standing Committee of Correspondence was formed by Samuel Adams and twenty other Patriot leaders in November of 1772 in Boston in response to the Gaspée Affair, which had occurred the previous June in the colony of Rhode Island.
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- Q. What was the first Committee of Correspondence?
- Q. What decisions did the First Continental Congress make?
- Q. Which best describes the First Continental Congress of 1774?
- Q. What did the first Continental Congress accomplish quizlet?
- Q. When and where did the first Continental Congress convene quizlet?
- Q. Why did the colonies organize the First Continental Congress quizlet?
- Q. What was the purpose of the Second Continental Congress quizlet?
- Q. Why the Second Continental Congress was important?
- Q. What document eventually came out of the Second Continental Congress quizlet?
- Q. What were the two main goals of the Second Continental Congress?
- Q. How did the 2nd Continental Congress influence the conflict between the colonies and Britain?
- Q. What was the direct result of the Second Continental Congress?
- Q. What were Revolutionary War soldiers called?
- Q. What flag did the Continental Army use?
- Q. What animal appears 2nd most often on flags?
- Q. Who made first flag?
- Q. Where is the original American flag?
- Q. What is the first flag in the world?
Q. What decisions did the First Continental Congress make?
Rather than calling for independence, the First Continental Congress passed and signed the Continental Association in its Declaration and Resolves, which called for a boycott of British goods to take effect in December 1774.
Q. Which best describes the First Continental Congress of 1774?
Which of the following best describes the First Continental Congress of 1774? The First Continental Congress was a meeting of twelve of the thirteen colonies called in response to the Intolerable Acts. After the Boston Massacre, the colonies organized. the Townshend Acts to pay taxes to Britain.
Q. What did the first Continental Congress accomplish quizlet?
What did the First Continental Congress accomplish? It called on the British to repeal the Intolerable Acts and called for a boycott of British goods and the training of colonial militias. To repeal of officially end the Intolerable Acts, colonies had the right to tax themselves, and militia training.
Q. When and where did the first Continental Congress convene quizlet?
The 1st Continental Congress was a meeting of a group of leaders from about 12 of the 13 colonies. They met on September 5-October 26, 1774. This took place at the Carpenter’s’ Hall in Philadelphia early in the American Revolution.
Q. Why did the colonies organize the First Continental Congress quizlet?
Why did the colonies organize the First Continental Congress? The colonists wanted to counteract British policy. were independent from the British Empire. The colonies had lived under the oppressive rule of a strong power.
Q. What was the purpose of the Second Continental Congress quizlet?
What was the purpose of the Second Continental Congress? The Second Continental Congress created a Continental Army for defense while pursuing peace with Great Britain.
Q. Why the Second Continental Congress was important?
Declaring independence The Second Continental Congress assumed the normal functions of a government, appointing ambassadors, issuing paper currency, raising the Continental Army through conscription, and appointing generals to lead the army.
Q. What document eventually came out of the Second Continental Congress quizlet?
the United States Declaration of Independence
Q. What were the two main goals of the Second Continental Congress?
In the period of uncertainty leading up to the formal declaration of war, the Second Continental Congress attempted to pacify the British and declare allegiance to the Crown, while simultaneously asserting independence and engaging British forces in armed conflict.
Q. How did the 2nd Continental Congress influence the conflict between the colonies and Britain?
How did the second continental congress influence the conflict between the colonist and Britain? It event motivate the colonist to get organize and fight for liberty.
Q. What was the direct result of the Second Continental Congress?
The Second Continental Congress was the governing body of the American colonies from 1775 to 1781. When that failed, the Second Continental Congress formally severed ties with Britain by adopting the Declaration of Independence, which severed the colonies ties with Great Britain.
Q. What were Revolutionary War soldiers called?
The colonists living in the British North American colonies who rebelled against the authority of the crown were known as patriots, revolutionaries, continentals, colonials, rebels, Yankees, or Whigs.
Q. What flag did the Continental Army use?
Grand Union Flag
Q. What animal appears 2nd most often on flags?
Lion is the most common, followed by birds of prey (usually different species of eagle).
Q. Who made first flag?
Betsy Ross
Q. Where is the original American flag?
new National Museum of History and Technology
Q. What is the first flag in the world?
flag of Denmark
