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Definition of Continental Congress

Continental Congress
Continental Con`ti*nen"tal, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a continent. 2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition. --Macaulay. No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam. 3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money. The army before Boston was designated as the Continental army, in contradistinction to that under General Gage, which was called the ``Ministerial army.' --W. Irving. Continental Congress. See under Congress. Continental system (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe.

Meaning of Continental Congress from wikipedia

- The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain in North America...
- The Second Continental Congress was the late-18th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution...
- The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates of 12 of the Thirteen Colonies held from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall...
- United States in Congress ****embled, known unofficially as the president of the Continental Congress and later as president of the Congress of the Confederation...
- The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates from several British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution era, who...
- The Stamp Act Congress (October 7 – 25, 1765), also known as the Continental Congress of 1765, was a meeting held in New York City in the colonial Province...
- resolution p****ed by the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia after the war's outbreak. The Continental Army was created to coordinate...
- Continental Congress automatically carried over to the Congress of the Confederation, and had the same secretary as the Second Continental Congress,...
- members of the Committee of Five that were charged by the Second Continental Congress with drafting the Declaration of Independence. Franklin, Adams, and...
- owing partially to the substantial efforts of the Continental Navy's patrons within the Continental Congress. These Congressional Patrons included the likes...