Delegates from all thirteen colonies convene for the Second Continental Congress at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. The representatives remain divided — some hopeful for reconciliation ...

The Articles were weak by design and left Congress unable to pay soldiers in the Continental Army. It took the Continental Congress 526 days to fashion the Articles of Confederation and another 39 ...

(WDBJ) - The first Continental Congress assembled September 5, 1774. The meeting came after Great Britain levied high taxes and passed a series of laws. Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies were ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — In September of 1777, the Revolutionary War was seen and heard in Pennsylvania. With a British victory at the Battle of Brandywine, it was time to go for the Continental Congress and ...

Oct. 13 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1775, the Continental Congress ordered construction of America's first naval fleet. In 1792, the cornerstone to the White House in Washington was laid. It ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1774, the first Continental Congress convened in secret in Philadelphia, calling for a boycott of British goods and writing a petition to King George III to ...