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2nd continental congress

The 2nd continental congress

• The 2nd continental congress was made in May 10, 1775

• It started when shooting in America when the revolution war had begun

The 2nd continental congress• Another thing they decided they had to do was to

organize the militia of the colonies better .so, they decided to form an army called the American continental army. On June 14, 1776, the congress officially appointed George Washington as commander-in-chief of the army. He was elected unanimously. George Washington knew that this army would face great difficulty. He later wrote that Americans were not then organized as a nation or know as a people upon the earth. We had no preparation. Money, the nerve of war, was wanting.” Great Britain was the most powerful nation on earth. It was a frightening thought that the Continental Army would might need to fight Great Britain.

2nd continental congress

• George Washington was elected president

• Another thing they decided they had to do was to organize the militia of the colonies better

• To learn more of our ancestors • These are the people that were in the

2nd congress Peyton Randolph, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson

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