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Definition of Continental Congress
1. Noun. The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence and framed Articles of Confederation.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Continental Congress
Literary usage of Continental Congress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1891)
"The people felt it to be so, and continental r_, i, , , Decline of the the events
of the winter left a stain upon the reputation of the Continental Congress ..."
2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1897)
"Members of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1788. Volume V. Collected by
Thomas Addis Emmet, MD New York, 1882. F°. The material indexed in this volume ..."
3. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1895)
"D. The Continental Congress occupies a most interesting and important position
in our national and political history. Suddenly brought together to meet a ..."
4. The History of Political Parties in the Province of New York, 1760-1776 by Carl Lotus Becker (1909)
"CHAPTER VI THE FIRST Continental Congress In sending delegates to a general
congress, the two factions in New York virtually agreed to throw the burden of ..."
5. The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783 by Moses Coit Tyler (1897)
"I.—The papers of the first Continental Congress—The great impression made by them
in Great ... I. THE first Continental Congress, being in secret session at ..."
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