While political maneuvering was setting the stage for an official declaration of independence, a document explaining the decision was being written. On June 11, 1776, Congress…
On March 1, 1781, the “Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union” were signed by delegates of Maryland at a meeting of the Second Continental Congress, which…
The Continental Association, often known simply as the “Association”, was a system created by the First Continental Congress in 1774 for implementing a trade boycott with…
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the document that defines and limits the powers of the state government and the basic rights of the…
The “Congress of the Confederation”, or the “Confederation Congress” served as the “United States in Congress Assembled” ( a frequently used term), which was the governing…
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after…
New Jersey’s first state constitution was adopted on July 2, 1776. The American Revolutionary War was underway and George Washington had recently been defeated in New…
The Continental Army was formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. Established by a…
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war…
After the Battles of Lexington and Concord near Boston in April 1775, the colonies went to war. Washington appeared at the Second Continental Congress in a…