Second Continental Congress

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Congress gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate	1781-03-01
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Second Continental Congress
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:notableAction	adopted the Articles of Confederation adopted the Declaration of Independence appointed George Washington as commander-in-chief managed the American Revolutionary War
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin gptkb:Caesar_Rodney gptkb:Elbridge_Gerry gptkb:John_Adams gptkb:John_Hancock gptkb:John_Witherspoon gptkb:Robert_Treat_Paine gptkb:Roger_Sherman gptkb:Samuel_Adams gptkb:Stephen_Hopkins gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson gptkb:Abraham_Clark gptkb:Arthur_Middleton gptkb:Button_Gwinnett gptkb:Carter_Braxton gptkb:Charles_Carroll gptkb:Francis_Hopkinson gptkb:Francis_Lightfoot_Lee gptkb:George_Clymer gptkb:George_Taylor gptkb:George_Walton gptkb:John_Hart gptkb:Lewis_Morris gptkb:Lyman_Hall gptkb:Matthew_Thornton gptkb:Oliver_Wolcott gptkb:Richard_Stockton gptkb:Thomas_Heyward_Jr. gptkb:Thomas_Lynch_Jr. gptkb:Thomas_Nelson_Jr. gptkb:William_Ellery gptkb:William_Whipple gptkb:William_Williams gptkb:Edward_Rutledge gptkb:George_Ross gptkb:John_Morton gptkb:John_Penn gptkb:Joseph_Hewes gptkb:Philip_Livingston gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee gptkb:Samuel_Chase gptkb:William_Floyd gptkb:William_Hooper gptkb:William_Paca gptkb:George_Wythe gptkb:Robert_Morris gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison gptkb:Benjamin_Rush gptkb:Charles_Thomson gptkb:George_Read gptkb:James_Wilson gptkb:John_Dickinson gptkb:John_Jay gptkb:Francis_Lewis gptkb:James_Smith gptkb:Thomas_Stone Thomas McKean
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:First_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:startDate	1775-05-10
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Congress_of_the_Confederation
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:American_Revolution gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War gptkb:American_independence_movement gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation gptkb:Continental_Congress gptkb:Independence_Hall gptkb:President_of_the_Second_Continental_Congress gptkb:Signing_of_the_Declaration_of_Independence gptkb:United_States_Declaration_of_Independence gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4