(a) Recall What did the First Continental Congress do?
(b) Recall What did the Second Continental Congress do?
(c) Compare and Contrast Compare and contrast the achievements of the First and Second Continental Congress.
Solution
Verified(a) The First Continental Congress declared that the colonies had the right to tax and govern themselves and called to repeal the Intolerable Acts. (b) The Second Continental Congress began the Continental Army, established George Washington as commander, and started printing paper money. (c) The first meeting was influential because it marked a united front in the political struggle against the king, but the second meeting marked the beginning of the united military struggle against Great Britain. Also, the Second Continental Congress displayed how the colonists could act as a government.
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