Continental Congress

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:adoptedBy gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation
gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:Olive_Branch_Petition
gptkbp:appointedBy George Washington as commander-in-chief
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1789
gptkbp:establishedBy delegates from the Thirteen Colonies
gptkbp:firstSession gptkb:First_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:formed 1774
gptkbp:governedBy United States during the American Revolution
gptkbp:governmentType unicameral
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Continental Congress
gptkbp:issuedBy gptkb:Continental_currency
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legislative_body_for gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:meetingPlace gptkb:Independence_Hall
gptkb:Carpenters'_Hall
gptkbp:met_during gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:negotiatedBy gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:John_Hancock
gptkb:Roger_Sherman
gptkb:Samuel_Adams
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee
gptkb:Robert_Morris
gptkb:Charles_Thomson
gptkb:James_Wilson
gptkb:John_Jay
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation
gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:Olive_Branch_Petition
gptkbp:number_of_sessions two
gptkbp:organizedBy war effort against Britain
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkbp:predecessor none
gptkbp:purpose governance of the Thirteen Colonies
gptkbp:represents gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:second_session gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:sentBy delegates to France
delegates to Spain
delegates to the Netherlands
gptkbp:successor gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:Congress_of_the_Confederation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_Treat_Paine
gptkb:Samuel_Adams
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3