The Second Continental Congress

The second continental congress started on may 10, 1775 in Philadelphia; this event consisted at first of twelve delegates from different colonies except Georgia. Almost all the delegates were from the first continental congress. Few delegates join this movement; some of them included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and new president of the continental congress, John Hancock.  At the end the second continental congress consisted of sixty-five delegates.

  

Benjamin franklin wanted independence but the other delegates didn’t like these ideas because they think America was not ready for breaking relations with Great Britain. Although many delegate like this ideas because the Lexington and Concord battle just had happen. Although the independence occurs after he was the first on to propose such event. Later on was John Hancock who continued this idea.

The second continental congress decided many important thing in may 15 1776 , they decided to declare independence from great Britain and put colonies in protection . They knew they should protect there colonies so the made other decision of creating a stronger army with they called American continental army. This army started on June 14, 1776 commanded by George Washington. The second continental congress also decided making paper money, which was printed in the end of the year.

Boston Massacre

The Boston massacre occurred on March 5,1770. Colonists where throwing snowballs, stones and many other things to the British soldiers. One solider was been hit. Although the soldiers had strict rules that they couldn’t fire at any colonist, they did. They killed five colonist the first colonist that died was Crispus Attucks. The others were Samuels Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell and Patrick Carr.

During this time Boston and other Americans colonies pass through many tension, all this tension start since the royal troops were send. The British lawyers (king) were sending troops to enforce the taxes. This event first happens in Massachusetts in October 1768. As America was in tension they receive the news of the Boston massacre and this was the end of that tension.

This event is attribute to the seven-year war or the England and France war. After England won the war, England needed money because this war leaves them with many liabilities. So they needed the colonist taxes, but the colonist where unlikely with the taxes. As people protested and they were angry with taxes collector. The governor Thomas Hutchinson asks for troops for maintaining order and peace.

Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams

Patrick Henry was born on May 20, in 1736, he were born in Hanover County, Virginia. He were a lawyer and also a Politician. In 1765 Patrick Henry were elected to House of Burgesses. He also were admitted to he Bar of the general Court in Virginia in 1759. Patrick Henry was elected to the Continental Congress in 1774. With the time he were the Virginia Militia Leader on 1775, and he end his career as the governor of Virginia in 1776 to 1778, and ended in 1784. Wen he was 10 years his family know that Patrick Henry were not going to be a Farmer. Patrick Henry were married at the age of 18. When here 21 his father send him to a business trip.

In 1765 patrick Henry proposed the Stamp Act Resolution, earlier that year he were ele cted to the House of Burgesses. In 1774 Patrick Henry represented the First Continental Congress. He were reelected as for three terms and them Thomas Jefferson succeeded.In 1795 Patrick Henry was the Secretary of State appointed by the President Washington but later on Henry declined the work. Also the President Adams choose him envoy to France, but he were so bad for health so he fail in his job too. He die on June 6 in 1799 at the age of 63 years.

Samuel Adams.

Samuel Adams was born on September 27 in 1722, he was an American statesman, a political philosopher. He were also one of the Founding Father of the United States. He was a politician in Massachusetts. Adams play an important role in his life he were the leader of the movement that became the American Revolution. Samuel Adams was the cousin of the second president of the United States John Adams. Samuel Adams was graduated of the Harvard College. Samuel Adams was part of the movement opposed to the British Parliament.

In 1772 Samuel Adams devised a committed of correspondence system, which link patriot through the 13 colonies. Samuel Adams continued resistance to British resulted in 1773 Boston Tea Party and the coming of the American revolution. Hi did not became a president of the United States of the Americas but he play important roles to the Americas and help a lot with the revolution. Samuel Adams die on October 2 in 1803 at his 81 years.

The First Continental Congress.

The First cntinental congress was united or seted up on September 5 to
October 26 of 1774, taking place in Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Carpenters Hall also served as Pennsylvanias Congress. Twelve out of thirteen Colonies ( all colonies except Georgia ) sent dellegates or representatives to meet to the First Continental Congress. This Dellegates were chosen by the citizens, Colonial legislatures, anf of the correspondence of respective colonies. The purpose of this congress was to agree to write a resolve against Britain but Pennsylvania and New York were in charge of this task, while the other colonies defended the colonial or colonists rights. At the end they camed up with the Virginian delegation or the Virginian Resolves that was written by Patrick Henry, and he stated " GIVE ME DEATH OR GIVE ME LIBERTY" and also he was the firs colonist to accept that he was American by saying " I AM NOT A VIRGINIAN, BUT AMERICAN".

The Congress had to elect some leaders and they chose George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Edmund Pendleton, Benjamin Harrison, Richard Bland, and Peyton Randolph as presidents or rulers of the conventions for each respective colony. But primarly George Washington was elected of head of all the congress. Because this was the first congress the intentions or the objectives were not secure neither clear, but it performed many debates, speeches that will inspire colonists to support them. One result was that in this Congres the Independent Resolves were written, but they had an issue which consisted in how they would get to know every colony every act, debate or something valuable they performed. During this Congress a very important document was written by the colonist Joseph Galloway from Pennsyvania. He wrote The Plan of Union of Great Britain and the Colonies that proposed to create a " Great Council" for later on it would demostrate the colonies as a whole union, and it would be continental equivalent to the English Parliament. In other words what it was supposed to do was to have a General President or a type of king that would represent the English king but in America in intentions for letting them to kbow why the Sons of liberty or simply the colonists are regolving.

By October 14 of 1774 the Resolves and the Declarations were established directly to the congress with the ideology of being a principal act to the twelve colonies that participated. The congress accepted to have a meeting a year later if this type of complains were not attended by England. On October twentieth of this same year the First Continental Congress created a kind of pact called " The Association" that consisted of establishing tactics, rules, mechanisms to control the British armies, and to decrease the number of British resistance. Another reason of way creating this pact was to keep up the communication, or maintaining the communication available between the Colonies that are planning to revolve against Britain. This pact was passed as a type of effect of the None Importation Agreement, but this pact for working as it should be it depended if Britain reduced the Intolerable Acts by the ends of the year 1774.