How did the first and second continental congresses differ?
The Continental CongressHistory >> American RevolutionThe Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from each of the thirteen American colonies. These delegates served as the government during the Revolutionary War. Show  The First Continental Congress, 1774 by Allyn Cox The First Continental Congress The First Continental Congress took place from September 5 through October 26, 1774. Delegates from each colony, except Georgia, met at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They discussed the current situation with Britain including the Intolerable Acts, which the British Parliament had imposed on Boston as punishment for the Boston Tea Party. The delegates took two major actions: 1. They sent a letter to
King George III explaining the issues the colonies had with the way they were being treated. They demanded that the King stop the Intolerable Acts or they would boycott English goods. However, the King chose to ignore them and the Americans began the boycott. Members of the First Continental Congress included John Adams, Patrick Henry, and George Washington. The President of the First Congress was Peyton Randolph. The Second Continental Congress Congress Voting Independence by Robert Edge Pine and Edward Savage The Second Continental Congress first met on May 10, 1775. After that, the delegates continued to meet in different sessions until March of 1781, when the Articles of the Confederation were ratified. The first meeting was at the State House in Philadelphia, which would later be called Independence Hall, but they also had sessions in other locations including Baltimore, Maryland and York, Pennsylvania. Unlike the First Continental Congress, this time the colony of Georgia would join and all thirteen colonies were represented. Much had happened in the previous months since the end of the First Continental Congress including the start of the Revolutionary War with the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The congress had some serious business to take care of immediately including forming an army to fight the British. The Second Continental Congress was led by John Hancock. Other new members included Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. This congress acted much more like a government sending ambassadors to foreign countries, printing its own money, getting loans, and raising an army. Major accomplishments of the Second Continental Congress:
Independence Hall in Philadelphia by Ferdinand Richardt Interesting Facts about the Continental Congress
History >> American Revolution What was different about the 2nd Continental Congress?The Second Congress functioned as a de facto national government at the outset of the Revolutionary War by raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and writing petitions such as the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms and the Olive Branch Petition.
What actions did the First and Second Continental Congresses take?The First Continental Congress organized a boycott of British goods. The Second Continental Congress declared independence from Britain.
What was the purpose of the two Continental Congresses?In 1774, the First Continental Congress met to discuss how to respond to new British policies, which were the Intolerable Acts that had been placed on Boston after the Boston Tea Party. The Second Continental Congress agreed to meet in May 1775 to discuss their next steps.
What happened at the First Continental Congresses?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.
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