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First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that, soon after warfare, declared the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition, drafted on July 5, 1775, was a letter to King George III, from members of the Second Continental Congress, which represents the last attempt by the moderate party in North America to avoid a war of independence against Britain. -
Prohibitory Act
The Prohibitory Act of 1775 was passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the general rebellion then going on in the American colonies, which became known as the American Revolutionary War--or, to the British, the American War of Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson and other Founding Fathers (ex. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, etc.) was adopted by the Second Continental Congress, and states the reasons the British colonies of North America sought independence.