Continental Congress

Authors

Michael R. Hill, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1999

Citation

Hill, Michael R. 1999. “Continental Congress.” (Congress of 1774 and Congress of 1775). Pp. 332-334 in The Encyclopedia of North American History, edited by John C. Super. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish.

Comments

Copyright 1999 Michael R. Hill

Abstract

The convening of the First Continent

The network of committees throughout Massachusetts had become firmly established by early 1773, and dissidents in other colonies rapidly imitated the Massachusetts pattern. The committees of correspondence provided a model and a working mechanism for revolutionary agitation and organization on a national scale.