Continental Congress

The First Continental Congress met from September 5 , 1774 to October 26 , 1774 .

The Second Continental Congress met from May 10 , 1775 to the ratification of the Articles Of Confederation on March 1 , 1781 .

The Congress Of The Confederation or the '''United States in Congress Assembled''' ran from March 1 , 1781 until the government under the Constitution became operative on March 4 , 1789 . The membership of the Second Continental Congress automatically carried over to the Congress of the Confederation.

Initially formed to coordinate a common response for Several British North American Colonies to the Intolerable Acts , the Continental Congress rapidly became the governing body of a military alliance as the dispute with the British Government escalated into the American Revolutionary War . Once the war ended, the Congress served as the governing body of the United States of America.

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