CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, THE


Meaning of CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, THE in English

ˌContinental ˈCongress, the BrE AmE

a group of politicians who represented the original 13 American colonies (↑ colony ), and met between 1774 and 1789. They made laws for the colonies, and later formed the government of the US. The Continental Congress wrote the ↑ Declaration of Independence , and its members are often called ‘The ↑ Founding Fathers ’.

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