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The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates from several British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution era, who spoke and acted collectively for the people of the Thirteen Colonies that ultimately became the United States. The term mostly refers to the First Continental Congress of 1774 and the Second Continental Congress of 1775-1781. It also refers to the Congress of the Confederation of 1781-1789, which covers the period following the establishment of American independence with the end of the Revolutionary War. During this period, the Continental Congress served as the chief legislative and executive body of the U.S. government.

The unicameral Congress of the Confederation, officially styled "The United States in Congress Assembled," was composed of delegates elected by the legislature of the various states. The Confederation Congress was the immediate successor to the Second Continental Congress; and delegates to it were similarly chosen. Many of the delegates to the initial 1775 session of the Second Continental Congress had also attended the previous First Continental Congress. Altogether, The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress lists 343 men who served as delegates to the Continental Congress in three incarnations from 1774 to 1789; also listed are another 90 persons who were elected as delegates but never served.

Convened in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament earlier that year, the 56 delegates to the First Continental Congress sought to help repair the frayed relationship between the British government and its American colonies. They passed the Continental Association, an economic boycott of Great Britain, and petitioned the king for a redress of grievances. They also resolved to reconvene in May 1775 if necessary.

Delegates from the various colonies did indeed reconvene for a Second Continental Congress as scheduled, but by the time they gathered, the Revolutionary War had begun. Moderates in the Congress still hoped that the colonies could be reconciled with Great Britain, but a movement towards independence steadily gained ground. At this juncture Congress simultaneously sent an Olive Branch Petition to King George III, hoping for a rapprochement, and issued a Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, which contained the words "Our cause is just. Our union is perfect... being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live slaves...".

Signing of Declaration of Independence by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq, c.1873

Congress functioned as a de facto national government from the outset by establishing the Continental Army, directing strategy, and appointing diplomats. It eventually adopted the Lee Resolution which established the new country on July 2, 1776, and it agreed to the Declaration of Independence two days later.

Afterward, the Congress functioned as the provisional government of the United States through March 1, 1781. During this period, in addition to successfully managing the war effort, its primary achievements included: drafting the Articles of Confederation, the first U.S. Constitution; securing diplomatic recognition and support from foreign nations; and resolving state land claims west of the Appalachian Mountains. When the Articles of Confederation came into force on March 1, 1781, after being ratified by all 13 states, the Continental Congress became the Congress of the Confederation, which helped guide the new nation through the final stages of the Revolutionary War. Under the Articles, the Confederation Congress had limited power. It could declare war, sign treaties, and settle disputes between the states. It could also borrow or print money, but did not have the power to tax; nor could it compel the individual states to comply with its decisions. It convened in eight sessions (a ninth failed to achieve a quorum) prior to being supplanted in 1789, when the United States Congress became the nation's legislative branch of government under a new Constitution.

Article V of the Articles of Confederation for the annual election of delegates to Congress by legislatures of the various states to terms that commenced on the first Monday in November, in every year. Each state could send 2-7 delegates, and no person was permitted to serve as a delegate for more than three years within a span of six years. State legislatures also had the authority to recall or to replace its delegates at any time. Prior to 1781, delegates to the Continental Congress served at the pleasure of the state legislature that commissioned them; neither term limits nor specific start- / end-date of service existed.

For the most convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislatures of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power reserved to each State to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead for the remainder of the year.

No State shall be represented in Congress by less than two, nor more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees or emolument of any kind.

Each State shall maintain its own delegates in a meeting of the States, and while they act as members of the committee of the States.

In determining questions in the United States in Congress assembled, each State shall have one vote.

Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests or imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on Congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.

The following tables list the 343 people who served in Congress: 1st Continental, 2nd Continental, or Confederation, between 1774 and 1789, as well as the year(s) of their active participation.

The following table lists the 90 people who were elected to Congress: 1st Continental, 2nd Continental, or Confederation, between 1774 and 1789, but who did not participate, as well as the year(s) of their election.

Burnett, Edward Cody (1941). The Continental Congress. New York, New York: Macmillan Company.

Garraty, John A.; Carnes, Mark C., gen. eds. (1999, 2002 supplement). American National Biography. 24 volumes. New York, New York: Oxford University Press (for the American Council of Learned Societies). OCLC 39182280. Official website (subscription required).

Marshall, James V. (1856). The United States manual of biography and history: comprising lives of the presidents and vice presidents of the United States, and the cabinet officers, from the adoption of the Constitution to the present day. Also, lives of the signers of the Declaration of independence, and of the old Articles of confederation, of the framers of the Constitution of the United States, and of the chief justices of the Supreme court of the United States. With authentic copies of the Declaration of independence, the Articles of confederation, and the Constitution of the United States. To which is prefixed an introductory history of the United States. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Smith & co. - via Internet Archive, April 30, 2009.

Purcell, L. Edward (1993). Who Was Who in the American Revolution. New York, New York: Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-8160-2107-9.

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Causes of the Revolutionary War

For more than a decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, tensions had been building between colonists and the British authorities.

The French and Indian War, or Seven Years' War (1756-1763), brought new territories under the power of the crown, but the expensive conflict lead to new and unpopular taxes. Attempts by the British government to raise revenue by taxing the colonies (notably the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Acts of 1767 and the Tea Act of 1773) met with heated protest among many colonists, who resented their lack of representation in Parliament and demanded the same rights as other British subjects.

Colonial resistance led to violence in 1770, when British soldiers opened fire on a mob of colonists, killing five men in what was known as the Boston Massacre. After December 1773, when a band of Bostonians altered their appearance to hide their identity boarded British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party, an outraged Parliament passed a series of measures (known as the Intolerable, or Coercive Acts) designed to reassert imperial authority in Massachusetts.

Did you know? Now most famous as a traitor to the American cause, General Benedict Arnold began the Revolutionary War as one of its earliest heroes, helping lead rebel forces in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775.

In response, a group of colonial delegates (including George Washington of Virginia, John and Samuel Adams of Massachusetts, Patrick Henry of Virginia and John Jay of New York) met in Philadelphia in September 1774 to give voice to their grievances against the British crown. This First Continental Congress did not go so far as to demand independence from Britain, but it denounced taxation without representation, as well as the maintenance of the British army in the colonies without their consent. It issued a declaration of the rights due every citizen, including life, liberty, property, assembly and trial by jury. The Continental Congress voted to meet again in May 1775 to consider further action, but by that time violence had already broken out.

On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord, Massachusetts in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm, and colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoats. On April 19, local militiamen clashed with British soldiers in the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, marking the "shot heard round the world" that signified the start of the Revolutionary War.

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Declaring Independence (1775-76)

When the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia, delegates-including new additions Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson-voted to form a Continental Army, with Washington as its commander in chief. On June 17, in the Revolution's first major battle, colonial forces inflicted heavy casualties on the British regiment of General William Howe at Breed's Hill in Boston. The engagement, known as the Battle of Bunker Hill, ended in British victory, but lent encouragement to the revolutionary cause.

Throughout that fall and winter, Washington's forces struggled to keep the British contained in Boston, but artillery captured at Fort Ticonderoga in New York helped shift the balance of that struggle in late winter. The British evacuated the city in March 1776, with Howe and his men retreating to Canada to prepare a major invasion of New York.

By June 1776, with the Revolutionary War in full swing, a growing majority of the colonists had come to favor independence from Britain. On July 4, the Continental Congress voted to adopt the Declaration of Independence, drafted by a five-man committee including Franklin and John Adams but written mainly by Jefferson. That same month, determined to crush the rebellion, the British government sent a large fleet, along with more than 34,000 troops to New York. In August, Howe's Redcoats routed the Continental Army on Long Island; Washington was forced to evacuate his troops from New York City by September. Pushed across the Delaware River, Washington fought back with a surprise attack in Trenton, New Jersey, on Christmas night and won another victory at Princeton to revive the rebels' flagging hopes before making winter quarters at Morristown.

Saratoga: Revolutionary War Turning Point (1777-78)

British strategy in 1777 involved two main prongs of attack aimed at separating New England (where the rebellion enjoyed the most popular support) from the other colonies. To that end, General John Burgoyne's army marched south from Canada toward a planned meeting with Howe's forces on the Hudson River. Burgoyne's men dealt a devastating loss to the Americans in July by retaking Fort Ticonderoga, while Howe decided to move his troops southward from New York to confront Washington's army near the Chesapeake Bay. The British defeated the Americans at Brandywine Creek, Pennsylvania, on September 11 and entered Philadelphia on September 25. Washington rebounded to strike Germantown in early October before withdrawing to winter quarters near Valley Forge.

Howe's move had left Burgoyne's army exposed near Saratoga, New York, and the British suffered the consequences of this on September 19, when an American force under General Horatio Gates defeated them at Freeman's Farm in the first Battle of Saratoga. After suffering another defeat on October 7 at Bemis Heights (the Second Battle of Saratoga), Burgoyne surrendered his remaining forces on October 17. The American victory Saratoga would prove to be a turning point of the American Revolution, as it prompted France (which had been secretly aiding the rebels since 1776) to enter the war openly on the American side, though it would not formally declare war on Great Britain until June 1778. The American Revolution, which had begun as a civil conflict between Britain and its colonies, had become a world war.

Stalemate in the North, Battle in the South (1778-81)

During the long, hard winter at Valley Forge, Washington's troops benefited from the training and discipline of the Prussian military officer Baron Friedrich von Steuben (sent by the French) and the leadership of the French aristocrat Marquis de Lafayette. On June 28, 1778, as British forces under Sir Henry Clinton (who had replaced Howe as supreme commander) attempted to withdraw from Philadelphia to New York, Washington's army attacked them near Monmouth, New Jersey. The battle effectively ended in a draw, as the Americans held their ground, but Clinton was able to get his army and supplies safely to New York. On July 8, a French fleet commanded by the Comte d'Estaing arrived off the Atlantic coast, ready to do battle with the British. A joint attack on the British at Newport, Rhode Island, in late July failed, and for the most part the war settled into a stalemate phase in the North.

The Americans suffered a number of setbacks from 1779 to 1781, including the defection of General Benedict Arnold to the British and the first serious mutinies within the Continental Army. In the South, the British occupied Georgia by early 1779 and captured Charleston, South Carolina in May 1780. British forces under Lord Charles Cornwallis then began an offensive in the region, crushing Gates' American troops at Camden in mid-August, though the Americans scored a victory over Loyalist forces at King's Mountain in early October. Nathanael Green replaced Gates as the American commander in the South that December. Under Green's command, General Daniel Morgan scored a victory against a British force led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton at Cowpens, South Carolina, on January 17, 1781.

Revolutionary War Draws to a Close (1781-83)

By the fall of 1781, Greene's American forces had managed to force Cornwallis and his men to withdraw to Virginia's Yorktown peninsula, near where the York River empties into Chesapeake Bay. Supported by a French army commanded by General Jean Baptiste de Rochambeau, Washington moved against Yorktown with a total of around 14,000 soldiers, while a fleet of 36 French warships offshore prevented British reinforcement or evacuation. Trapped and overpowered, Cornwallis was forced to surrender his entire army on October 19. Claiming illness, the British general sent his deputy, Charles O'Hara, to surrender; after O'Hara approached Rochambeau to surrender his sword (the Frenchman deferred to Washington), Washington gave the nod to his own deputy, Benjamin Lincoln, who accepted it.

Though the movement for American independence effectively triumphed at the Battle of Yorktown, contemporary observers did not see that as the decisive victory yet. British forces remained stationed around Charleston, and the powerful main army still resided in New York. Though neither side would take decisive action over the better part of the next two years, the British removal of their troops from Charleston and Savannah in late 1782 finally pointed to the end of the conflict. British and American negotiators in Paris signed preliminary peace terms in Paris late that November, and on September 3, 1783, Great Britain formally recognized the independence of the United States in the Treaty of Paris. At the same time, Britain signed separate peace treaties with France and Spain (which had entered the conflict in 1779), bringing the American Revolution to a close after eight long years.

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Although the majority of the Patriots who fought in the Revolution were men, there were a few women who were also in the war.

Molly Pitcher (whose real name was most likely Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley), went with her husband, although she didn't actually fight in the war. Many people belive she took her husbands place at the canon when he was shot. This fact can not be proved. If Molly Pitcher did not man (or should I say woman) a canon other women did. She helped by carrying pitchers of water to the soldiers, hence Molly Pitcher.

Here are some more facts about Molly Pitcher:

* Fought in the Revolution
* Husband died
* Took her husbands place when he died
* Battle of Monmouth

Appleby, Joyce, Alan Brinkley, and James McPherson. The American Journey. 1st. Columbus, Ohio: The McGraw-Hills Companies, 2003. 161,` 164. Print.

Margaret Corbin, from Pennsylvania, also accompanied her husband, and when he died, she took his place in the Continental army.

Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man to enlist, after watching her brothers and their friends go of to fight.
In 1778, in Plymouth Massachusetts, Deborah signed up for a term while using the name Robert Shirtliffe. She fought for three years without being found out. No one knew she was a woman until she got brain fever. The doctor caring for her didn't give her away however, and instead took her home with him.

Betsy Ross was born on 1/1/1752, she was the 8th child of 17 children!! This woman played a very significant role in the Revolutionary War. She was said to have made the first American flag. She learned how to sew at home and owned an upholstery business with her first husband, John Ross. He died in 1776 from a gunpowder explosion leaving Betsy a widow at the age of 24. When she died on 1/1/1836 she was buried at Quaker burial ground.

Women boycotted British Goods, spied on them and followed them when they were marching."American revolution."
wikipedia. N.p., 27 1 2011. Web. 27 Jan 2011. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution>.
Lewis, Jone Johnson. "Betsy Ross." About.com. N.p., 2011. Web. 25 Jan 2011. < http://womenshistory.about.com/od/rossbetsy/a/betsy_ross.htm>.

Wilson, Captain Barbara A. "DEBORAH SAMSON." AMAZING WOMEN in WAR and PEACE. N.p., 1996. Web. 25 Jan 2011. <http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets.html>.

Appleby, Joyce; Brinkley, Allen; and McPherson, James. "Raising an Army." The American Journey. Comp. Appleby, Brinkley, and McPherson. Columbus: Glencoe/McGraw Hill, 2003. Print. (Appleby, Brinkley, or McPherson 165)

During the war, women helped not only on the battlefront, but at home too. In their husbands absence, houewives had to step up and run a farm or a business that usually would have been taken care of by their husbands. Patriotic women also made home-made uniforms and gave food to the militia. They also had to learn a kind of self-defense to stand up to British soldiers and to protect their family.

Sybil Ludington could be considered the female Paul Revere. In April of 1777, when she was 16, the British troops were heading for Fredicksburg, New York. Since her father was in charge of the local militia, he needed someone the gather the soldiers. Sybil jumped at the chance. She rode for 40 miles in the rain, avoiding British soldiers and Loyalists. Unlike Paul Revere, she didn't get caught.

http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_american_revolution/ludington.html
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Nancy Hart was a true heroine of the Revolution. She killed one British soldier and captured five others when they demanded she cook for them. On another occasion she captured a soldier by throwing lye mixture into his startled face. She also worked as a spy. Disguised as a crazy man, Nancy gathered vital information for the Patriots. She was not a women that was easily terrorized. War Women Creek in Georgia is named after her.

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(Annie Robertson, Pd. 2)

There were not many roles for woman in the revolution, mostly marriage and motherhood. They lost all property and legal rights once they got married. When their husbands took to the war, women had to take up the jobs that were left behind. Some converted their homes to hospitals. Margaret Hill Morris was a famous caretaker who was great with herbal remedies, and her patients depended greatly on her.

Zoe Merod, Pd. 4

Deborah Samson(1760-1827
Deborah Samson inlisted in the American army and disguised herself as a man. That was in may in 1782 when the war was almost over. She wanted to leave the life of the safe woman civilization. she wanted to do something interesting, something dangerous and adventureous. she was joined by Margret Corbet and Mary Hays who helped thier wounded husbands on the battle field. But Deberah Samson was the only known woman who disguised herself as a man. She recived an official arny pension after fighting in the revolution.

Woman of the Revolution, Mary R. Ferbee, copyright 1954

Peggy Shipman Arnold (1760-1802)
Peggy Shipman Arnold and her husband Benedict Arnlold tried to capure George Washington in September 1780.this attempt was to try to turn the fortress of West Point over to the British. Her husband became the most hated man in America while Peggy became a forgetable footnote.

Woman of the Revolution, Mary R. Ferbee, copyright 1954

Abigail Adams, born to William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy on November 11, 1744, married John Adams in 1764. She was given the right, along with two other women, by the Massachusetts Colony General Court to question colonists on their loyalties to England. As the Continental Congress was drafting the Declaration of Independence, Abigail attempted to convince her husband that women's rights should also be included. Unfortunately, she failed. Abigail was interested in the politics of her time and helped her husband win his presidency. When he lost to their old friend Thomas Jefferson, she grew very bitter and became resolutely anti-Federalist. Abigail Adams died in 1818, on October 28. (Liz Rosen, Pd. 9)

"Abigail Adams Biography." FirstLadies.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan 2011. < http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=2>.
Lydia Darragh was a woman who kept a secret from her husband. A woman with a conscience. Lydia was a Quaker, someone whose religious beliefs prevented her from getting involved with the war. The British found this convenient, using her house for meetings. At a meeting, Lydia overheard the British plan a surprise attack on General George Washington and his men at a nearby camp. She personally delivered the information to Washington's troop, turning a British victory into disappointment. But, how could she get involved if her religion forbade her doing so? Through prayer, she came to the conclusion that many would suffer and die if she did not act. This is another example of a woman getting involved where only a woman could.
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_american_revolution/darragh.html

All because of Hannah Arnett independence still continues. The patriots were thinking on giving up and returning to the British side by signing a proclamation of loyalty to Britain. Hannah called the patriots cowards. Hannah was willing to give up her marriage if her husband gave up the fight. At the end the patriots decided to continue fighting.

Zitek, car;. "women in the american revolution." N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan 2011. <http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_american_revolution/index.html>
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Catherine Moore Barry was called for help by General Morgan. Catherine knew every inch of land she lived on. She knew all the shortcuts and where all the Patriots lived and how to contact them. With Catherine's help General Morgan laid a trap for General Corwallis and his men. The planed work, General Corwallis was defeated.

Margaret Corbin was a follower. Many women were followers during the revolutionary war. The women would follow there husbands when there was a fight. The women would also cook and take care of other needs. Margaret would be a matross, the person who loaded the cannon if the gunner was dead. One day the gunner was dead and so was her husband, they were shot. Margaret was going to be the gunner. Margaret was hit and was ready to die, until a passing doctor came running through and saved her life. Margaret was the first women to ever receive a lifetime pension for her wounds.

Esther Reed was born in England. It was the fifth year of the revolutionary war when Esther knew something had to be done. Esther formed a group of women to make shirts for the men because some soldiers were freezing in there tents. Esther would raise money for the men. The money Esther made were for the soldiers. The group of women are going to make shirts for the soldiers so they wouldn't be as cold. Whoever made the shirt would stitch there name on the shirt's collar.

Rebecca Motte was kicked out her own house by the British. The British thought Rebecca's house would be a great fort. The British weren't there for long, the Patriots wanted the British out. Rebecca helped the patriots get her house back by providing fire arrows. The British were getting out fast but the patriots were going even faster. The Patriots saved most of the house from destruction. Since the Patriots helped Rebecca get her house back, Rebecca served them a meal.

zitek, carl. women in the american revolution. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan 2011.
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_american_revolution/motte.html.

Elizabeth Zane was at Fort Henry when the fort was under attack by Indians one day during the revolutionary war, there was a shortage of gunpowder. There was no time or men to spare so Elizabeth volunteered to go to her brother's house to get some needed gunpowder. The Indians didn't try to shoot her. But as Elizabeth was heading back to Fort Henry the Indians noticed Elizabeth with gunpowder in her apron. The Indians opened fire. Luckily Elizabeth wasn't hurt. Reinforcements arrived the next day and Fort Henry was saved because of Elizabeth Zane.

Mercy Otis Warren was born on 1728, at Massachusetts. She became a Patriot writer, and wrote many plays, poems and lots of other ideas that supported independence. Her ideas and writing convinced many people in Massachusetts to become a Patriot. Of all the people who was writing to support the Patriot, Mercy was the only woman.
When she was little, she learned how to express her feelings into writing. She went to Harvard Commencement, and continued to study.
Mercy and her husband wrote newspapers together, and her husband, James Warren was elected to Massachusetts House of Representative. She continued to write plays that showed the importance of independence, freedom and sometimes insulted the loyalist. She said that paying taxes was unfair, and didn't like how the women was treated in the Britain. She strongly believed that getting Independence will give woman more freedom and rights, such as voting and being part of the politics. Mercy died on October 19, 1814.

"American Revolution: Mercy Otis Warren." Traitors, Seamstresses and Generals: Voices of the American Revolution. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan 2011. < http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/mowarren.htm>.

Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)
European slave traders kidnapped Phillis Wheatley when she was seven years old in 1761. She was brought to America where she served as a slave. In 1773 she published a book of poems. It was the first book of poems written by an African American woman.

Woman of the American Revolution, Mary R. Ferbee, copyright 1954

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