Continental Congress of the United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Continental_Congress_of_the_United_States

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:adoptedBy	gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_(1783) gptkb:constitutional_law gptkb:Continental_Association gptkb:Olive_Branch_Petition gptkb:Lee_Resolution gptkb:Northwest_Ordinance
gptkbp:composedOf	delegates from Thirteen Colonies
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved	1789
gptkbp:established	gptkb:Continental_Army gptkb:Department_of_the_Treasury gptkb:post_office gptkb:Department_of_Foreign_Affairs gptkb:Department_of_War gptkb:Continental_Navy gptkb:Continental_Marines
gptkbp:firstSession	gptkb:First_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:formed	1774
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Continental Congress of the United States
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:meetingPlace	gptkb:Baltimore gptkb:Independence_Hall gptkb:New_York_City gptkb:Philadelphia gptkb:Princeton gptkb:York gptkb:Carpenters'_Hall gptkb:Lancaster Annapolis Trenton
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation gptkb:constitutional_law gptkb:Olive_Branch_Petition appointment of George Washington as commander-in-chief
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin gptkb:George_Washington gptkb:John_Adams gptkb:John_Hancock gptkb:Samuel_Adams gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee
gptkbp:numberOfSessions	15
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Stamp_Act_Congress
gptkbp:purpose	govern the United States during the American Revolution coordinate colonial resistance to British policies
gptkbp:secondSession	gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:thirdSession	gptkb:Congress_of_the_Confederation
gptkbp:type	gptkb:unicameral_legislature
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Varnum's_Regiment
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5