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It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774, also in Philadelphia. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

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Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies

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the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. An example of the Declaration of Independence was the document adopted at the Second Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776.

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Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Steuben (bornFriedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also referred to as the Baron von Steuben, was a Prussian and American military officer

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fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle.

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a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.

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drafted on July 5, 1775, was a letter to King George III, from members of the Second Continental Congress, which represents the last attempt by the moderate party in North America to avoid a war of independence against Britain.

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French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) La Fayette, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier.

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a riot in Boston (March 5, 1770) arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons

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a person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt. a colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause.

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The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.

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The first battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. British troops had moved from Boston toward Lexington and Concord to seize the colonists' military supplies and arrest revolutionaries.

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any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain.

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the difference between the values of exports and imports of a country, said to befavorable or unfavorable as exports are greater or less than imports. Origin ofbalance of trade Expand.

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belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism

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African slaves were then traded for raw materials, which were returned to Europe to complete the "Triangular Trade". The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were shipped to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade.

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Jamestown colony almost failed because the Virginia Company made a poor choice when they decided where to establish it, and they were unable to successfully work together; the colony was a success because it survived, due to tobacco and the fact that the local Native American tribes were not able to destroy it

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led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish colonizers who began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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Encomienda system established. 1512. The encomienda system was created by the Spanish to control and regulate American Indian labor and behavior during the colonization of the Americas.

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When the philosopher heavily influenced individualism rather than traditions

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The headright system was originally created in 1618 in Jamestown, Virginia. It was used as a way to attract new settlers to the region and address the labor shortage. With the emergence of tobacco farming, a large supply of workers was needed.

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they wanted find gold, spread their religion, and to claim land for their country.

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a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower. (tobacco, cotton, etc

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an admiral of new England, was an English soldier, one of the founders of Jamestown. he also led expeditions exploring the chesapeake bay and new england coast.