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Upon the ratification of the Articles, the Continental Congress was succeeded by the first legislative government of the United States:


Initially formed to coordinate a common American response to the Intolerable Acts , the Continental Congress rapidly became the governing body of a new nation as the dispute with the British Government escalated into the American Revolutionary War . Once the war ended, the members of the Congress served as the governing body of the United States of America, reorganized as a new national legislature.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Bancroft, George. ''History of the United States of America, from the discovery of the American continent.'' (1854–78), vol. 4–10 online edition

  • Miller, John C. ''Triumph of Freedom, 1775–1783'' (1948) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=14559136 online edition]

  • Miller, John C. ''Origins of the American Revolution'' (1943) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=493014 online edition]

  • ''Journals of the Continental Congress'' September 5, 1774 to March 2, 1789 online



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