And the Second Continental Congress was meeting in Philadelphia to take control of the war effort.
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In the 1780s, the Continental Congress financed the Revolutionary War with the printing press.
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In 1787, inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates of the Continental Congress.
Thomas Gadsden served in the Continental Congress and briefly commanded the military forces of South Carolina in 1776.
Following the committee, the Second Continental Congress itself made major -- and mostly positive -- changes of its own.
Only a passionate man could have done almost two years of back-room heavy lifting at the Continental Congress in the cause of independence.
We celebrate America on July 4th because that is the day in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
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The Founding Fathers could have empowered the federal government to print paper money, a power enjoyed by the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
More important, he and Adams persuaded Franklin to deal with Britain without constant consultations with their French allies, which went against their instructions from the Continental Congress.
In fact, the Postal Service has had to adapt to changing times ever since Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general by the Continental Congress in 1775.
His courage paid off not only for the soldiers but himself: He was elected to the colonial legislature while the case was underway, and 4 years later would be sent to the Continental Congress.
Since the Second Continental Congress declared America's independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776, the United States government has sought to realize the fundamental principle on which our nation was founded: that all people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
More domestic supply, which means quick assurance that Congress will open gas-rich acreage on the Outer Continental Shelf.
There are tens of billions of barrels of oil--not to mention gobs of natural gas--off the U.S.' coasts, yet Congress has declared 85% of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf off-limits to exploration and drilling.
Many fewer members of Congress, for example, find the time to visit Britain, let alone continental European countries.
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Congress quietly lifted the ban on offshore oil drilling yesterday, opening the vast waters of the outer continental shelf to oil and gas companies eager to exploit the area's substantial energy resources.
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